Of course, there are certainly exceptions. The connection, from a writerly standpoint, is deeper than that-their work, nearly all of it, is set in 'their' state. What makes authors like these inextricably associated with a particular state is not simply the matter of their having been born there or choosing to live there. And what reader can think of Washington State without contending with the sparkle-vampire yarns of Stephanie Meyer? Illinois can lay claim to William Maxwell, Sandra Cisneros, and Adam Langer, among numerous others. Rural Pennsylvania is the playground of the much-heralded (and occasionally maligned) John Updike, and when many bibliophiles think of New Jersey, they also think of Richard Ford's series of novels featuring recurring Everyman character Frank Bascombe. The state of Maine is gifted with Pulitzer winner Richard Russo and horror icon Stephen King. Mississippi has William Faulkner and his incomparable (fictional) Yoknapatawpha County and Missouri can lay claim to Mark Twain. Now she must either say good-bye or risk altering the future forever.Every state has its hallmark writers. But as she goes undercover among the members of Miami's high society, she finds herself caring for-and falling for-people who are destined to die that fateful night. With nothing left to lose, an incredulous Lila travels back to 2014, determined to find the Star Island killer once and for all. But how do you investigate a crime when all the leads have long ago gone cold? The answer, Teddy tells her, is to solve the case before it happens.

Now, three years later, life hands Lila an unexpected second chance: reclusive billionaire Teddy Hawkins approaches Lila and asks her to solve the case. But the case went unsolved, resulting in her dismissal from the Miami PD. Her hunt for the Star Island killer consumed her. The massacre shocked the nation and destroyed the life of investigator Lila Day.

It's a blissful escape from the hot and dirty city-or it was, until New Year's Day 2015, when twelve of the most powerful people in the world were found murdered in the basement of a Star Island mansion. Welcome to Star Island, where Miami's wealthiest residents lead private lives behind the tall gates of their sprawling mansions. To solve the crime of the century, she'll have to go back in time.

The Rich and the Dead by Liv Spector