FLORIDA NOIR · CRIME FICTION
History, crime, and power collide in early 1900s Florida.
Organized crime. Land schemes. Power plays. The Grit, Gamble & Grace series follows one man's rise through Florida's underworld—and the price everyone around him pays.
BOOK FOUR · COMING OCTOBER 6, 2026
Palm Beach County pins a badge on its first Black constable and calls it progress. Robert Jakes knows better.
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The Grit, Gamble & Grace series is a sprawling Florida crime saga. Here's how to find your way in, depending on what kind of reader you are.
The Bolita Grift is the main entry point. Meet Jerome "Redbone" Blake as he's pulled into Miami's underground bolita lottery and discovers that surviving the system means mastering it. This is where most readers begin.
The Numbers Man is a prequel novella that shows how Jerome first learned the numbers game. It's a quick read that sets the stage, but it's not required. Some readers prefer it before Book One; others circle back to it later.
Florida Unsealed is the newsletter—one strange, true Florida story every Wednesday, and the document that proves it. Separate from the fiction, and free.
Buried Florida · Keeper of the Record
Twelve true records out of the state's back rooms —
and one of them is probably about your street.
One strange, true Florida story every Wednesday — and the document that proves it.
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