North Beach

It's 1962 on the Texas Gulf Coast, and 15-year-old Charlie Sweetwater and his brother, Johnny, are happily oblivious to the world's problems. Charlie's main concerns are qualifying for an upcoming Golden Gloves boxing tournament, ducking a local bully and, with any luck, stealing a kiss from Carmen DelfIn, the prettiest girl he's ever laid eyes on.

Charlie's last innocent summer ends abruptly when his boxing coach is murdered and his friend, a black Cuban boxer named Jesse Martel, is accused of the crime.

Their problems are compounded when Jesse becomes a political pawn in a high-stakes contest between Cuba and the CIA--a contest that intensifies when the Cuban Missile Crises begins, and the world's two superpowers come within an eye blink of mutual destruction.

Through it all, Charlie and his brother are convinced that Jesse is innocent, and they are determined to find the real murderer--a remorseless killer who is stalking more victims--and clear Jesse's name before time runs out. Suddenly the Sweetwater boys find themselves navigating through a world that is much bigger, more complicated, and scarier than they ever imagined.

North Beach is the latest Gulf Coast mystery/thriller by the author of This Slice of Life, La Salle's Ghost, and Ransom Island.

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The author of four funny, fast-paced novels of intrigue set on the Texas Gulf Coast, Miles Arceneaux is a one-of-a-kind writer. Or, to be precise, he is three-of-a-kind. The irreverent persona of "Miles" is the product of three friends, lifelong Texans, and Gulf Coast aficionados. Brent Douglass' inspiration for Miles' tales stems from his family's deep Texas coastal roots, and the iconoclastic characters he crossed paths with growing up there. James R. Dennis' intimate knowledge of both sides of the law (he's one of the good guys, it should be mentioned) and his deep appreciation for Texas Rangers lore helps keep Miles' protagonists on the side of the angels. As a longtime journalist covering Texas and Texans, John T. Davis has sometimes been accused of writing fiction, but this is the first time he has set out to do it on purpose. Together, Douglass, Dennis and Davis make "Miles Arceneaux" truly more than the sum of his parts.