Larger	The Mango Opera (Alex Rutledge, Bk 1) Author: Tom Corcoran
	Book Information Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur Book Type: Paperback Rating: 10 ISBN-13: 9780312969882 - ISBN-10: 0312969880 Publication Date: 9/15/1999 Pages: 304 Book Reviews

Although he prefers magazine work, freelance photographer Alex Rutledge won't turn down an occasional crime scene shoot for the City of Key West Police Department. But when a string of murders takes his viewfinder into strangely familiar territory, Alex's mellow island lifestyle shatters. One after another, someone is killing women who have intimately crossed Alex Rutledge's path. Maybe it's a coincidence. Maybe it's a conspiracy. Or maybe he's crazy. But the connection marks Alex as the prime suspect in a case so hot it's drawn in the county sheriff, the FBI, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. In a desperate race to save his name and his life, Alex dives into a one-man search for the dark, sweltering truth beneath a case that's pounding toward meltdown.