Doc Ford Mystery Series by Randy Wayne White, George Guidall

3.91 · 397 ratings
  • Sanibel Flats (Doc Ford Mystery #1)
    #1

    Sanibel Flats (Doc Ford Mystery #1)

    Randy Wayne White

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 1990

    Its cool gulf breezes lured him from a life of danger. Its dark undercurrents threatened to destroy him.After ten years of living life on the edge, it was hard for Doc Ford to get that addiction to danger out of his system. But spending each day watching the sun melt into Dinkins Bay and the moon rise over the mangrove trees, cooking dinner for his beautiful neighbor, and dispensing advice to the locals over a cold beer lulled him into letting his guard down.Then Rafe Hollins appeared... more

  • The Heat Islands (Doc Ford Mystery #2)
    #2

    The Heat Islands (Doc Ford Mystery #2)

    Randy Wayne White

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 1992

    In Randy Wayne White's The Heat Islands, marine biologist and former secret operative Doc Ford is lazily poling his skiff along Southwest Florida's flat copper sea in search of sea anemones, when he runs into the body of the most hated man on Sanibel Island-Marvin Rios... more

  • The Man Who Invented Florida (Doc Ford Mystery #3)
    #3

    The Man Who Invented Florida (Doc Ford Mystery #3)

    Randy Wayne White

    Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 1993

    When solitary marine biologist Doc Ford focused his telescope on the woman in the white boat, he didn't know his life was about to be capsized: that his conniving uncle Tucker Gatrell would discover the Fountain of Youth, that The National Enquirer would write about it, and that the law would beat down his door in search of three missing men.But Doc Ford is about to find these things out-- the hard way... more

  • Captiva (Doc Ford Mystery #4)
    #4

    Captiva (Doc Ford Mystery #4)

    Randy Wayne White

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 1996

    Randy Wayne White is acclaimed as "wildly inventive" (The San Diego Union-Tribune), "a wonderful writer" (Paul Theroux), "a fine storyteller" (Peter Matthiessen), and "the rightful heir to John D. MacDonald" (The Tampa Tribune-Times). Now he delivers a wicked new thriller that sends government agent-turned-marine biologist Doc Ford into dangerous new waters, as a Florida fishing dispute escalates into a deadly war that reaches across the ocean...

  • North of Havana (Doc Ford Mystery #5)
    #5

    North of Havana (Doc Ford Mystery #5)

    Randy Wayne White

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 1997

    White's thriller takes Doc Ford to Havana, where his friend is being held by the Cuban government. Still haunted by his suspected involvement in a plot against Castro, Ford ventures to Cuba--where he finds himself entangled in a web of murder, revenge, and assassination.

  • The Mangrove Coast (Doc Ford Mystery #6)
    #6

    The Mangrove Coast (Doc Ford Mystery #6)

    Randy Wayne White

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 1998

    Readers who still yearn for Travis McGee and wish the Busted Flush wasn't in permanent dry dock should hook up with Randy Wayne White's Doc Ford--a Travis McGee for The '90s. (The Orlando Sentinel). Randy Wayne White continues to produce the kind of novel that makes The Denver Post say, We'll always drop anything to read a new Randy Wayne White novel, and be glad we did. In The Mangrove Coast, the daughter of a dead war buddy calls Ford in distress... more

  • Ten Thousand Islands (Doc Ford Mystery #7)
    #7

    Ten Thousand Islands (Doc Ford Mystery #7)

    Randy Wayne White

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 2000

    Government agent-turned-marine biologist Doc Ford sails an endless sea of questions when he agrees to investigate a death from the past. Years ago, off Florida’s Gulf Coast, a teenaged girl found an ancient gold medallion. Then, she began having nightmares. Then she was found hanging from a tree.Now, years later, the girl’s mother is being terrorized with break-ins, phone calls with no one there—and her daughter’s grave has been dug up. Somebody wants that medallion... more

  • Shark River (Doc Ford Mystery #8)
    #8

    Shark River (Doc Ford Mystery #8)

    Randy Wayne White

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 2001

    The past comes disconcertingly alive for Doc Ford, in a series that continues to grow in popularity and acclaim.Randy Wayne White's Ten Thousand Islands was "one of the most satisfying thrillers in recent memory" wrote the Chicago Tribune, and the starred review in Publishers Weekly said, "Of all the writers [in] the Florida mayhem boom, only White can claim to have created a series hero to match Hemingway's memorable outdoorsmen and John D. MacDonald's much-missed Travis McGee... more

  • Twelve Mile Limit (Doc Ford Mystery #9)
    #9

    Twelve Mile Limit (Doc Ford Mystery #9)

    Randy Wayne White

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2002

    It starts out as a fun excursion for four divers off the Florida coast. Two days later only one is found alive-naked atop a light tower in the Gulf of Mexico. What happened during those 48 hours? Doc Ford thinks he's prepared for the truth. He isn't.

  • Everglades (Doc Ford Mystery #10)
    #10

    Everglades (Doc Ford Mystery #10)

    Randy Wayne White

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 2003

    Doc Ford returns to his stilt house on Dinkin's Bay to find an old friend and one-time lover waiting for him. Her real-estate developer husband has disappeared and been pronounced dead, and she's sure there's worse to follow-and she's right. Following the trail, Ford ends up deep in the Everglades, at the gates of a community presided over by a man named Bhagwan Shiva (formerly Jerry Singh)... more

  • Tampa Burn (Doc Ford Mystery #11)
    #11

    Tampa Burn (Doc Ford Mystery #11)

    Randy Wayne White

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 2004

    The abduction of Doc Ford's son pulls the former assassin back into business--and into the trap of an avenging politico with a twisted and violent plan of revenge.

  • Dead of Night (Doc Ford Mystery #12)
    #12

    Dead of Night (Doc Ford Mystery #12)

    Randy Wayne White

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2005

    New York Times bestselling author “Randy Wayne White spins another terrific Florida tale”* in this thriller of bio-terror and extreme revenge. It starts with a simple request: check up on the mysteriously reclusive biologist brother of an old friend. But what Doc Ford stumbles upon in the doctor’s secluded island home is a nightmare. He has hanged himself—and his body is host to a rare strain of feeding, breathing parasites. It’s not an accident... more

  • Dark Light (Doc Ford Mystery #13)
    #13

    Dark Light (Doc Ford Mystery #13)

    Randy Wayne White

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2006

    Imagine hurricane winds over the Sahara Desert, preceded by a cavalry of tornadoes. Imagine dunes flattened, then resculpted. Then imagine all that at the bottom of the sea.    A Category 4 hurricane has swept the west coast of Florida, creating havoc, changing lives, and reshaping the ocean bottom. Well-known reefs and wrecks have been covered—and new ones have emerged... more

  • Hunter's Moon (Doc Ford Mystery #14)
    #14

    Hunter's Moon (Doc Ford Mystery #14)

    Randy Wayne White

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 2007

    Doc Ford faces his greatest challenge ever, in the stunning new novel by the New York Times-bestselling writer. Book after book, Randy Wayne White's audience and critical acclaim continue to grow. His most recent thriller, Dark Light, was "one of his brightest novels" (South Florida Sun-Sentinel), "darkly marvelous" (The Miami Herald), "a compelling, readable tale in the justly celebrated Doc Ford series by one of this country's premier crime novelists" (Booklist)... more

  • Black Widow (Doc Ford Mystery #15)
    #15

    Black Widow (Doc Ford Mystery #15)

    Randy Wayne White

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 2008

    Revenge becomes very personal for Doc Ford, in the stunning new novel by the New York Times-bestselling author. It was a simple exchange. Clean. So why did things go so terribly wrong? It went against all of Ford's instincts. When his goddaughter, Shanay, called one day, he assumed it was with details of her imminent wedding, but the news was anything but cheerful. She and her bridesmaids had thrown a pretty wild bachelorette party, it seemed, on St... more

  • Dead Silence (Doc Ford Mystery #16)
    #16

    Dead Silence (Doc Ford Mystery #16)

    Randy Wayne White

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 2009

    Imagine the worst that can happen. Then imagine again. The stunning new Doc Ford novel by the New York Times–bestselling author. Winter in New York City: Amid sleet and snow, Doc Ford is at the Explorers Club with his new friend, former (and maybe current) British agent Sir James Montbard, researching a jungle expedition and awaiting the arrival of an attractive U.S. senator with whom Ford has become more than friendly... more

  • Deep Shadow (Doc Ford Mystery #17)
    #17

    Deep Shadow (Doc Ford Mystery #17)

    Randy Wayne White

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 2010

    Doc Ford wrestles more than one kind of demon, in the stunning novel from the "New York Times"-bestselling author. Many dangers lurk in the deep-the worst of them are human. Thirty minutes into what should have been an easy, beginner-level dive in a remote Florida lake, the rim of a cave collapses, trapping two of Doc Ford's friends. Ford himself manages to escape and quickly surfaces to find help-but that's when his troubles only begin... more

  • Night Vision (Doc Ford Mystery #18)
    #18

    Night Vision (Doc Ford Mystery #18)

    Randy Wayne White

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 2011

    Doc Ford is on a collision course with death in this extraordinary new novel from the New York Times bestselling author. Alot is going on in the trailer park known as Little Guadalajara, inhabited principally by illegal laborers. The park manager is the hired gun of a financial syndicate that wants to develop the property, and he's prepared to do whatever it takes-but he can't figure out what to do about the teenage girl, the one the laborers believe has some sort of gift... more

  • Chasing Midnight (Doc Ford Mystery #19)
    #19

    Chasing Midnight (Doc Ford Mystery #19)

    Randy Wayne White

    Rated: 3.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2012

    It began peacefully enough, on one of Florida's private islands.At a reception hosted by a notorious Russian black marketeer, Doc Ford uses darkness, and his friend Tomlinson, as cover to get an underwater look at the billionaire's yacht. By the time Ford surfaces, everything has changed.Environmental extremists have taken control of the island... more

  • Night Moves (Doc Ford Mystery #20)
    #20

    Night Moves (Doc Ford Mystery #20)

    Randy Wayne White, George Guidall

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2013

    The stunning new thriller—the twentieth Doc Ford novel—from the New York Times–bestselling author. Both Doc Ford and his friend Tomlinson have buried secrets. Now one of those secrets is about to come alive—with a vengeance. 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 look like an accident... more

  • Bone Deep (Doc Ford Mystery #21)
    #21

    Bone Deep (Doc Ford Mystery #21)

    Randy Wayne White

    Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2014

    When a Crow Indian acquaintance of Tomlinson's asks him to help recover a relic stolen from his tribe, Doc Ford is happy to tag along -- but neither Doc nor Tomlinson realize what they've let themselves in for... more

  • Cuba Straits (Doc Ford Mystery #22)
    #22

    Cuba Straits (Doc Ford Mystery #22)

    Randy Wayne White

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2015

    The remarkable new novel in the Doc Ford series by New York Times–bestselling author Randy Wayne White.   Doc Ford’s old friend, General Juan Garcia, has gone into the lucrative business of smuggling Cuban baseball players into the U.S. He is also feasting on profits made by buying historical treasures for pennies on the dollar... more

  • Deep Blue (Doc Ford Mystery #23)
    #23

    Deep Blue (Doc Ford Mystery #23)

    Randy Wayne White

    Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 2016

    The remarkable, stellar new entry in the Doc Ford series from New York Times–bestselling author Randy Wayne White.   Half-eaten dolphins are washing ashore on Sanibel Island, and it’s a nightmare. There’s a predator out there, and whatever it is, tourists are staying away and businesses are hurting badly. Doc Ford has a theory about that, but he hopes he’s wrong. Because if he’s not, there’s a predator out there, all right, but it’s nothing like anyone supposes... more

  • Mangrove Lightning (Doc Ford Mystery #24)
    #24

    Mangrove Lightning (Doc Ford Mystery #24)

    Randy Wayne White

    Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2017

    The ghosts of a 1925 multiple murder stalk Doc Ford in this electrifying novel in the New York Times-bestselling series. Doc Ford has been involved in many strange cases. This may be one of the strangest. A legendary charter captain and guide named Tootsie Barlow has come to him, muttering about a curse... more

  • Caribbean Rim (Doc Ford Mystery #25)
    #25

    Caribbean Rim (Doc Ford Mystery #25)

    Randy Wayne White

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2018

    Murder, sunken treasure, and pirates both ancient and modern send Doc Ford on a nightmare quest in this New York Times bestseller in Randy Wayne White's thrilling series. Marine biologist Doc Ford has been known to help his friends out of jams occasionally, but he's never faced a situation like this.His old pal Carl Fitzpatrick has been chasing sunken wrecks most of his life, but now he's run afoul of the Florida Division of Historical Resources... more

  • Salt River (Doc Ford Mystery #26)
    #26

    Salt River (Doc Ford Mystery #26)

    Randy Wayne White

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2020

    The sins of the past come back to haunt Doc Ford and his old friend Tomlinson in this thrilling new novel from New York Times-bestselling author Randy Wayne White.Marine biologist and former government agent Doc Ford is sure he's beyond the point of being surprised by his longtime pal Tomlinson's madcap tales of his misspent youth... more

  • One Deadly Eye (Doc Ford Mystery #27)
    #27

    One Deadly Eye (Doc Ford Mystery #27)

    Randy Wayne White

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 1 ratings · published 2024

    After the deadliest hurricane to hit Sanibel Island in a century, Doc Ford must stop a gang of thieves—and worse—during the twelve hours of chaos that follow the passing of a storm’s eye.A month before a killer hurricane hits Florida, Doc Ford gets a heads-up from a state department pal that during recent natural disasters, a group of paramilitary contractors have used the poststorm chaos as a license to steal—and kill.Doc doesn’t give the warning much thought until the night the big storm hits... more

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