FLUKES: A Humorous Florida Crime Thriller

by Jon Selman

Exploding boats, flaming helicopters, Florida politicians, and a manatee named

NTSB Investigator Mat McElvy is an expert on plane crashes, having almost been killed in one himself. But dispatched to his hometown of Fernandina Beach, he uncovers a situation far more complex than the helicopter crash that landed two people in cold storage.

Presented with a conspiracy theory from a surprise source, McElvy finds himself in a world of counterfeit goods, dirty real estate transactions, hostile ex-girlfriends, and locals who are disappearing by the boatload.

Then a fellow investigator winds up dead, and the evidence points to him.

His race for the truth lands him aboard a yacht anchored atop a cold sea on a dark night, facing a murder weapon sixteen million years in the making. But will he be in time to prevent more death?

292 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 1, 2024

About the author

A native Floridian, Jon Selman is an air traffic controller and author of the books FLUKES and the upcoming ATC Zero. In his sixteen years with the FAA, he has worked in Jacksonville, Atlanta, and Daytona Beach. Yeah, it’s stressful. He has a BS in Applied Meteorology from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and currently lives in Ormond Beach with his wife and two daughters.