Tim Dorsey, "Riptide Ultra-Glide"  (William Morrow & Company), Friday, February 1 at 7 pm

Freshly laid-off Wisconsinites Patrick and Barbara McDougall are going to sunny     Florida for a modest romantic vacation. But the motel they picked isn't quite a pastel paradise, and they have to be midwesterners and make the best of a bad situation. Except bad goes to worse, and a string of misfortunes renders them unable to leave the state. Meanwhile, the next Mexican-American War is being fought, this time in Fort Lauderdale, between the Kentucky mafia and the Oxy cartel over control of the lucrative pain clinic market. Latinos are turning up dead, hillbillies are wandering the beach trampling sand castles, and cops continue arresting doctors wriggling out of office windows.  But it's never really a party until Serge and Coleman arrive. Cruising down U.S. 1, Captain Florida and his perpetually altered sidekick are on a mission to film the best reality show ever!  Back at their motel, the McDougalls are peeking out the curtains. They've become very popular, especially with Serge, who believes he's found the perfect stars for the pilot of his new TV series. Are the McDougalls safer with Serge or should they take their chances on the mean streets?  Will Coleman get tired of signing autographs?  Can pelicans be used as murder weapons?  Is time running out for our heroes?  And, finally, the question still on everyone's lips: What's up with Florida?

Gary Small, "The Alzheimer's Prevention Program: Keep Your Brain Healthy for the Rest of Your Life" (Workman), Monday, February 25 at 7 pm

   In this updated paperback edition, New York Times bestselling author Gary Small provides an easy-to-follow regimen based on the latest comprehensive research into Alzheimer's disease, and especially the critical connection between lifestyle and susceptibility.  Small's prevention program is for anyone with a family history of Alzheimer's and the 80 million baby boomers who worry whenever they forget someone's name.  He addresses questions of how to incorporate brain-protecting foods into your diet, how to cross train your brain, and how to reduce stress.

Randy Wayne White, "Night Moves" (Putnam), Saturday, March 9 at 7 pm

While trying to solve one of Florida's most profound secrets, Doc Ford is the target of a murder attempt by someone who wants to make it looks like an accident.  Or is the target actually Tomlinson?  Whatever the answer, the liveaboards and fishing guides at Dinkin's Bay on Sanibel Island are becoming increasingly nervous, after a near-poisoning, a plane crash, and an explosion make it apparent that Ford and Tomlinson are dangerous companions.  What their small family of friends don't know is that their secret pasts make it impossible for the two of them to go to the law for help.  There is an assassin on the loose, and it is up to them to find the killer, before he or she finishes the job.  This is White's twentieth Doc Ford novel.

T. D. Alllman, "Finding Florida: A True History of the Sunshine State" (Atlantic Monthly Press), Monday, March 18 at 7 pm

At once an exuberant media dream and the political pivot of the nation, the state of Florida plays an essential role in 21st century America.  Taken in the grips of multiple conquests and then sold as a resort paradise, Florida has emerged as a multicultural mirror of our nation as we know it today.  Allman reassembles the extraordinary story of Florida that has suffered distortion throughout decades of rupture and healing.  As provocative as it is genuine, this fascinating, comprehensive history of our fourth most populous state takes us from its Eden-like beginnings to the sidewalks of today's South Beach and everything in between.  Finding Florida has a myth-busting spirit that promotes honesty and gumption rather than the sugarcoating that has left cracks in Florida's, and our nation's history.

Harlan Coben, "Six Years" (Dutton), Saturday, March 23 at 7 pm

New York TImes bestselling mystery author Harlan Coben once again delivers a shocking page-turner that deftly explores the power of past love and the secrets and lies that such love can hide.  Six years have passed since Jake Sanders watched Natalie, the love of his life, marry another man. Six years of hiding a broken heart by throwing himself into his career as a college professor. Six years of keeping his promise to leave Natalie alone, and six years of tortured dreams of her life with her new husband, Todd.  But six years haven't come close to extinguishing his feelings, and when Jake comes across Todd's obituary, he can't keep himself away from the funeral. There he gets the glimpse of Todd's wife he's hoping for...but she is not Natalie.  Everything Jake thought he knew about his life is turned completely inside out, and no one has seen Natalie in years.

 Linda Greenlaw, "Lifesaving Lessons: Notes from an Accidental Mother", (Viking), Monday, March 25 at 7 pm

America's only female swordfish-boat captain (and "perfect storm" survivor) returns   with a straightforward account of the challenges she faced in becoming the legal guardian of a sexually abused teenager and in balancing unexpected motherhood with her reclulsive lifestyle on a tiny island off the coast of Maine.  Greenlaw (the bestselling author of Seaworthy) and her community were disturbed to learn that a pedophile resided on the island, and that 15-year-old Mariah needed rescuing.  Always a happy loner, Greenlaw found herself in a new role as mother.  She skillfully draws parallels between life at sea and her new role as a parent.