Meets on the 3rd Tuesday, 2 pm.
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December 2025
FICTION
Before She Was Helen by Caroline B. Cooney. Sun City residents find themselves involved in a funny, offbeat saga of drugs, home invasion, and false identities.
Circle of Days by Ken Follett. This is a masterful telling of the building of Stonehenge through the eyes of a priestess of the Great Plains people who has a vision of a permanent monument to the Sun God.
The Story She Left Behind by Patti Callahan Henry. This work was inspired by a true literary mystery. It covers an abandoned daughter’s search for her mother and her mother’s dictionary of creative words. The dictionary will allow the reading of the mother’s second book and help the daughter understand her mother’s motives.
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy. Here is a gripping tale featuring a man and his children on an island beset by climate change halfway between Australia and Antarctica. A shipwrecked woman washes ashore.
Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson. This is a beautifully written classic story of two young girls who are brought up in their grandmother’s house, then abandoned when their mother deliberately drives her car off a cliff. After the grandmother passes, her two eccentric sisters arrive to care for the girls.
The Irish Boarding House by Sandy Taylor. In 1952 in Dublin, Mary Kate was abandoned and raised by her grandparents. She was desperate and lonely when she received an inheritance.
Spindle’s End by Robin McKinley. In this fantasy adventure, a baby princess is cursed by an evil fairy and spirited away. The princess is fated to prick her finger and fall into a never- ending sleep. She is gifted with speaking to animals who support her and protect her.
NONFICTION
The Fall of Paris: The Siege and the Commune (1870-71) by Alistair Horne. The author presents a detailed account of the unnecessary war between France and Prussia which resulted in Prussia conquering and occupying Paris.
What the Ermine Saw by Eden Collinsworth. Leonardo’s painting “Lady with an Ermine” was painted in 1490. It was transported to many countries over the centuries, then stolen by the Nazis during World War II.
The House That Made Me. Edited by Grant Jarrett. This collection of essays by celebrated writers focuses on the power of the homes in which we grow up to shape us, undo us, and remake us.
MYSTERIES
The Glass Room by Ann Cleeves. One of the “Vera” police procedurals set at a writer’s retreat house in England. Who has killed the world-famous birder? Why?
In the Time of Five Pumpkins by Alexander McCall Smith. This latest No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency book is filled with delightful characters, plot twists, and insights into the culture of Botswana.
Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny. This mystery in the long Inspector Gamache series opens with the detective thinking he had missed something and closes with a shock.
The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny. Here is another brilliant Gamache mystery with a shocking ending. The Winds of Change by Martha Grimes. In this Richard Jury mystery set in England, the victim is as hard to identity as the murderer. No one is sure who he seems to be.
November 2025
FICTION
The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne by Ron Currie. This work, set in Waterville, is the story of Babs. She rules Little Canada and her family lovingly and ruthlessly. It is shocking, funny, and tragic.
The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson by Jerome Charyn. The novel follows Emily’s life while filling in the blanks of the unknown. It can be shocking, challenging, and amusing. It presents Emily in a light never before seen.
Flights by Olga Tokarchuk. Philosophy and psychology blend in a loose collection of interrelated tales that focus on permanence and change.
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese. This huge novel follows three generations of a family in India (1900-1977). The family suffers a peculiar affliction – a drowning occurs during each generation.
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. This 1925 classic, often referred to as one of the finest works of American fiction, speaks to the dangers of extreme wealth and obsessive love.
The Saffron Kitchen by Yasmin Crowther. Crowther’s powerful debut novel journeys from London to the remote mountains of Iran, as one woman’s troubled past surfaces and shakes her family to its core.
Our Narrow Hiding Places by Kristopher Jansma. An elderly woman recounts her Dutch family’s struggle to survive during the final years of Nazi occupation during World War II, shedding new light on generations-old secrets.
NONFICTION
Deer Isle’s Undefeated America’s Cup Crews by Mark J. Gabrielson. This is the true story of how sailors from Maine helped win the first America’s Cup sailing race in 1895.
MYSTERIES
The Private Patient by P.D. James. An investigative journalist goes to a private clinic for removal of a scar. Two days later she is dead. A second death follows. Inspector Dalgliesh is sent to investigate. This is the last of the Dalgliesh mysteries.
March Violets by Philip Kerr. In 1936 Berlin, a hard-boiled detective tries to discover who stole diamonds. He becomes enmeshed in the corrupt circle of Nazi leaders. A Bernie Gunther mystery.
October 2025
FICTION
The Matchmaker’s Gift by Lynda Cohen Loigman. This is a story about love, changing traditions, women’s challenges, and matchmaking in New York’s Lower East Side from 1910 to 1995.
Farewell, Dorothy Parker by Ellen Meister. Movie critic Violet Epps has been visited by her literary idol, Dorothy Parker, who “helps” Violet with multiple aspects of her life, appreciated or otherwise, both humorous and poignant.
A Month in the Country by J. L. Carr. A gentle tale of WWI veteran Tom Birkin who works and recovers in pastoral Yorkshire. It has been called a masterpiece.
Orphan Train by Christine Baker Kline. This tale is about an orphan train rider, now 80, and a 17-year-old Native American foster child who comes into her life to help her go through the accumulation of “stuff” in her attic.
The Newcomer by Mary Kay Andrews. Wanted by the police for the murder of her sister and the abduction of her niece, Letty is on the run from the police, her sister’s partner in crime, and the actual murderer. She hides in a small town and finds romance.
Chesapeake by James Michener. An old favorite, which is the saga of 400 years of America’s Eastern Shore, containing stories of Quakers, slaves, abolitionists, and much more.
The Color Purple by Alice Walker. This classic work, published in 1982, tells the story of two devoted but long-separated sisters – one a missionary in Africa, the other fighting to survive in poor, rural Georgia.
NONFICTION
The CIA Book Club by Charlie English. The CIA covertly funded sending books and printing presses behind the Iron Curtain.
Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America by Kurt Andersen. This book analyzes “a confederacy of the rich, the right, and big business” that the author says has shaped American opinion and elections.
The Gossip Columnist’s Daughter by Peter Omer. Chicago columnist Irv Kupcinet’s daughter pursues fame in Los Angeles. She dies at 22. Is it murder or suicide?
MYSTERIES
Danger Lurks by Julie Titterington. A book in the Three Hounds Bakery series. Dogs help solve crimes.
Marple. Twelve new mysteries by 12 different writers, including Val McDermid, Ruth Ware, and Lucy Foley. Each story involves Miss Marple and is written in the style of Agatha Christie.
September 2025
FICTION
Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker by Jennifer Chiaverini. In 1861, Elizabeth Keckley was chosen to be Mrs. Lincoln’s “modiste.” Ms. Keckley was an uneducated slave who used her talents with a needle to buy her freedom. She became Mrs. Lincoln’s confidant. The book is well-documented historically, showing a different side of Mrs. Lincoln.
A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline. The book is a fictional memoir of the woman portrayed in Andrew Wyeth’s painting “Christina’s World.”
Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson. A tradition-bound British major develops a relationship with a well-educated Pakistani shop owner. The local community does not approve.
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett. A brother and sister are exiled by their stepmother from the house they grew up in.
My Friends by Fredrik Backman. A dying artist gives his most famous painting to an unlikely teenage artist. What will she do with it?
Wunderland by Jennifer Cody Epstein. Two teenage girls grow up in Berlin during the rise of Nazism. One joins the Nazi Youth Movement, while the other and her family, Jews, are persecuted.
How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley. A woman is hired to start a senior citizens center. A motley crew gathers. During their first meeting a piece of ceiling falls on a member and she dies, leaving a dog that the other members care for.
A Day Like This by Kelly McNeil. A woman goes out in a storm to take her daughter to a doctor. She has an accident and wakes up in a hospital. She asks about her daughter and is told she did not have one. She goes looking for her and returns to a life she does not know.
NONFICTION
Daughters of the Bamboo Grove by Barbara Demick. This riveting account of Chinese twins and the adoption of one by a U.S. family provides an in-depth look at China’s one-child family.
All Standing by Kathryn Miles. This is the true story of the “Jeanie Johnston,” the only one of the Irish famine ships to never lose a passenger.
Then Again by Diane Keaton. A very personal memoir tells the story of Keaton’s life in Hollywood and her relationship with her mother.
Normal Women: Nine Hundred Years of Making History by Phillippa Gregory. This comprehensive tome explores the roles and contradictory actions of women from different levels of English society through the centuries and their unheralded impact on everyday life.
The Body by Bill Bryson. Bryson provides a layperson’s head-to-toe guide to the wonders of the human body, conveyed in his warm, often wry, signature style.
Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life by Zena Hitz. Read this book and rediscover the impractical splendors of a life of learning.
Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks. This memoir chronicles the author’s way of dealing with the unexpected death of her husband, Tony Horwitz. It is a beautifully written story of love and loss.
MYSTERY
The Summer Guests by Tess Gerritsen. Retired CIA agents in coastal Maine sip martinis and solve mysteries in this good summer read by a Maine author.
August 2025
No meeting this month.
July 2025
MYSTERIES
In a Dry Season by Peter Robinson. A town in England is flooded and deserted. It reappears decades later during a drought. A skeleton is found, the death caused by violence. Inspector Banks is called in to investigate. A classic.
Give Unto Others by Donna Leon. A Venetian police commissario tries to help a friend with a personal matter. This leads to the discovery of a fraudulent charity. Good descriptions of life in Venice.
In a Dangerous Place by Jacqueline Winspear. This Maisie Dobbs mystery is set in Gibraltar in 1937. She becomes involved in a murder investigation, a case that draws the attention of British intelligence.
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore. At a summer camp in the Adirondacks, two siblings go missing 12 years apart. Rich people involved in the camp work to protect their interests.
Skin and Bones by Paul Doiron. Eight short mysteries featuring a Maine game warden and written by a Camden author.
The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie. This famous work features Miss Marple in her first appearance in a mystery novel. She solves a murder in her hometown in 1930.
FICTION
Marlene by C.W. Gortner. This novel is based on the spectacular life of Marlene Dietrich, from her wild days in Weimar Germany, to classic movies, to entertaining WWII soldiers as a U.S. Army major.
The Secret Wife of Aaron Burr by Susan Holloway Scott. An 8-year-old girl, the offspring of an Indian mother raped by an English soldier, is sold into slavery. A French woman sees the girl being beaten and offers to buy her. The girl grows up and passes through several owners. She eventually ends up in the household of Aaron Burr.
Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks. Short stories by the famous actor on a variety of topics. The uniting theme is a connection to typewriters.
People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks. A rare book conservator finds clues to a medieval book’s history. The book is an illustrated story of centuries of Jewish life. Meanwhile, a series of events leads the conservator to discover secrets from her own past that reshape her life.
NONFICTION
Ernie. This autobiography of Ernest Borgnine is packed with insider stories by a master storyteller.
REPEAT RECOMMENDATIONS
Here are some books that have been recommended more than once:
The Painted Drum by Louise Erdrich
The Great Displacement by Jake Bittle
When Books Went to War by Molly Guptill Manning
Flapper by Joshua Zeitz
June 2025
FICTION
The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich. This is a love story and tragedy involving sugar beet farming, alcoholism, environmental issues, complicated relationships, and more.
Haven by Emma Douglas. This work of historical fiction, set in seventh century Ireland, centers on a priest and two monks who journey to a remote island to found a monastery.
The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue. This book is a story of historical fiction based on an actual train disaster in France in 1895.
NONFICTION
When Books Went to War by Molly Guptill Manning. During World War II, the US Government printed 1,200,000 paperback books to be distributed free to GIs. This book tells how and why it was done.
The Road Headed West: A Cycling Adventure Through North America by Leon McCarron. A memoir which tells of the author’s five month, 6,000 mile odyssey on the seat of a bike.
Flapper by Joshua Zeitz. The story of the Roaring Twenties, with an emphasis on the Jazz Age, fashion, and consumerism.
Trailed by Kathryn Miles. This is the true story of one woman’s quest to solve the murders of eight female hikers which occurred in Shenandoah National Park in 1996-97.
Narcotopia by Patrick Winn. The untold story of an indigenous people who ran the world’s mightiest narcostate in Asia.
Life and Art by Richard Russo. A new book by the bestselling author contains well written essays about his life and work.
MYSTERIES
Homecoming by Kate Morton. In 1959 a mother and children are found dead in Australia with no apparent cause. This is the fictional story of a journalist who uncovers a family secret with connections to the unsolved real cold case. The story asks what we would do for those we love and how we protect the lies we tell.
The Black Cat by Martha Grimes. This is a weird story in the long Superintendent Richard Jury series by the famous author. Jury keeps encountering three black cats and a dog as he tries to solve the murders of women involved in escort services in London.
May 2025
FICTION
Mary Toft; or, The Rabbit Queen by Dexter Palmer. Based on a real 1726 hoax in an English town. Describes how Mary Toft claimed she gave birth to rabbit parts and fooled the medical community. Provides thoughts on human gullibility.
Coronado: Stories by Dennis Lehane. Five short stories and a play by the author of Shutter Island.
In the Shadow of 10,000 Hills by Jennifer Haupt. Engrossing tale of events from the civil rights movement to the genocide in Rwanda. Three women, along with the country of Rwanda, try to heal and rebuild.
NONFICTION
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson. Fascinating story 6 million Black southerners who migrated to the North (1930s-1970s), focusing on the lives of three people.
On the Road to Tara by Aljean Harmetz. Describes the monumental production of bringing Gone with the Wind to the movie screen. It features wonderful original set designs.
The Long Field: Wales and the Presence of Absence by Pamela Petro. This 2023 memoir shows the author’s love affair with Wales, focusing on connection of its people to the country’s unique landscape, lore, and language.
Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell. In this follow-up to The Tipping Point, Gladwell looks at how seemingly small things can make a big difference.
Deadwood by Peter Dexter. A depiction of Deadwood’s violent history, including the murder of Wild Bill Hitchcock, the establishment of a Pony Express stop, and the killing of a beautiful Chinese woman.
A Bookshop in Berlin by Francoise Frenkel. This is about the author’s escape from the Nazis, creating a bookshop, resilience, human cruelty, and the human spirit.
The Great Displacement by Jake Bittle. This book describes how climate change is causing huge migrations of peoples.
Rooted: The American Legacy of Land Theft and the Modern Movement for Black Owned Land Ownership by Brea Baker. In many ways, people of color are denied land ownership through zoning regulations and terrorism. What are some solutions?
The River of Blood by Gerard Gawalt. The history of settlement along the Kennebec River and the struggle among native people, the French, and the English.
Captain Mac by Mary Morton Cowan. The story of Arctic explorer Donald Baxter MacMillan.
Cabin by Patrick Hutchison. The humorous tale of the efforts of a man in Washington State to build a cabin. A fast read.
MYSTERIES
No Strangers Here by Carlene O’Connor. A veterinarian returns to her roots in Ireland. Bodies pile up and evidence points to her family. First in a series.
The Cartographers by Peng Shepard. A well-known cartographer is found murdered in his office at the New York Public Library. His daughter investigates.
April 2025
FICTION
In Persuasion Nation by George Saunders (author of Lincoln in the Bardo.) Short stories by a writer with an imaginative mind, focusing on our immersion in advertising and buying.
The Briar Club by Kate Quinn. This work, set in an all-female boardinghouse, tells stories of family and survival. It is set in Washington, D.C., in the 1950s, with good historical background. The boarders come together, with surprises.
Three Days in June by Anne Tyler. In this short, wry new novel by the famous writer, a woman is passed over for a plum job, grapples with emotions surrounding her daughter’s wedding, and is faced with the unexpected arrival of her ex-husband on her doorstep.
The Road to Dalton by Shannon Bowring. This detailed novel by a Maine writer is about lives of residents of a small town in Aroostook County in 1990.
Sisters of the Heart and Snow by Margaret Dilloway. Two sisters grow up in a dysfunctional family that has strained their relationship. They know nothing about their mother’s Japanese origins. Their mother tells them to find the book that tells the story of a 12th-Century female samurai. Will that tale help heal their relationship?
The Money Lake by Rowland Creitz. In 1889 a weak earthen dam threatens a rural retreat for wealthy people. The main characters work to avoid disaster.
Learned by Heart by Emma Donahue. This historical novel, based on fact, follows the story of two girls who fall secretly and dangerously in love with each other while attending an English boarding school in the early 1800s. One is white, the other biracial.
NONFICTION
Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan. The famous author describes seven years of watching birds in her yard in California. The book includes her artwork. Very interesting and informative.
The Bookstore by Evan Friss. The history of the development of bookstores in the U.S. The work includes much historic info about books, publishing, etc.
The Great Displacement by Jake Bittle. This riveting book looks at several U.S. locations that have suffered recent climate-affected disasters and tells personal stories of those involved.
MYSTERIES
Unnatural Causes by P. D. James. One in the long line of her well-written British police mysteries featuring Inspector Adam Dalgleish. He vacations in Sussex and becomes involved in a seemingly impossible murder.
Malice by Lisa Jackson. A New Orleans detective thinks his mind is playing tricks. After an accident, he keeps seeing his dead wife. He goes to LA to investigate her death. Her friends are murdered and he becomes a suspect.
March 2025
FICTION
The Moviegoer by Walker Percy. This classic work is set in New Orleans in the late 1950s. It is the story of a Korean War veteran who is drifting through life, despite his intelligence and many talents.
The Moorings of Mackerel Sky by MZ (Emily Zack.) This debut book by a Mainer combines her knowledge of lobstering communities and her vivid imaginings about mermaids, mermen, and witches. It is set in the town of Mackerel Sky, which is beset by mysterious tragedies.
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon. This tale of historical fiction is based on the diary of Martha Ballard, a midwife in Hallowell around 1800.
Absolution by Alice McDermott. This novel, set in Saigon in 1962-63, follows the wives of U.S. political and military personnel, then reconnects them 60 years later. It describes wives as “helpmeets” and describes military pressures and the pre-feminist era.
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah. This book of historical fiction is about two sisters in Nazi-occupied France during World War II.
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley. Government officials confiscate a portal that allows time travel. Several people are transported from past centuries to “study and learn.” Each person is assigned a “handler” to help them adapt. Difficulties follow.
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett. Three adult daughters come home to a farm during the pandemic where they pester their mother into telling the story of when she co-starred with a movie star in the play Our Town in Tom Lake, Michigan.
NONFICTION
Fire and Ice: Henry and Lucy Knox and the Settling of Maine by Gerald W. Gawalt. This is the true story of Revolutionary War hero and first Secretary of War Knox and his wife Lucy who come to Thomaston as Maine is forming.
21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari. A brilliant professor analyzes complex topics like religion, immigration, and justice in a clear, reasoned, and understandable way.
The Ragged Road by Dennis Leaver. This new book by a Topsham resident covers the author’s life from the “wasted” years of young adulthood to a grace-filled mature adulthood. It starts with a gripping misadventure in the Maine woods and continues as the author starts his faith journey. It is a very inspiring work.
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann. This true history, set in Oklahoma (1921-26) tells of the reign of terror affecting the Osage Nation, describing murders and the subsequent lack of investigation.
MYSTERIES/CRIME
Dog Gone It by Spencer Quinn. This mystery, involving a hard-luck private detective and his dog, is narrated by the dog. What is the dog thinking? An interesting approach.
World Gone By by Dennis Lehane. This crime novel in set in Florida and Cuba during World War II. Joe Coughlin is involved with crime families, the police, politicians, and the elite of society. There is plenty of action.
February 2025
FICTION
Two Nights in Lisbon by Chris Pavone. Newlyweds arrive in Lisbon, where the husband disappears. The local police, the American Embassy, and the CIA get involved. This is a riveting page-turner with an unexpected ending.
This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub. On her 40th birthday, a woman finds herself at the bedside of her much loved, terminally ill father, questioning her life choices. She gets a unique chance to revisit the past when she discovers a portal back to the day she turned 16
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah. This book explores the Dust Bowl years in Texas through the eyes of Elsa Martinelli and her family.
Funny Story by Emily Henry. This rom-com has real understanding of friendships of all kinds. What can go wrong when two people – who were ditched when their respective others fell in love – decide to share an apartment?
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore. A teenager vanishes from a summer camp in the Adirondacks, exposing the dark secrets of a wealthy family and the working-class family that surrounds it.
The Spare Room by Helen Gardner. A woman offers her spare room to an old friend in town for a last-ditch treatment of terminal cancer. The woman does not foresee the struggles ahead in this short, powerful novel by an Australian writer.
Monkeys by Susan Minot. This novel is about a large, privileged Massachusetts family in the 1960s and 70s.
The Falls by Joyce Carol Oates. A newlywed husband throws himself over Niagara Falls. After his widow remarries, tragedy overtakes her life.
The Poe Shadow by William McDermott. This well-researched novel is set in the mid 1800s following the death of Edgar Allan Poe. A young lawyer is determined to find out the circumstances of Poe’s death.
NONFICTION
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell. This is the author’s first book, published in 2000. He painstakingly illustrates his theory that small changes can make very big differences. This work and his following books are well worth reading.
The Secret Life of Groceries by Benjamin Lorr. This is a balanced, in-depth study of the complex supply system that gives us the modern food supermarket.
Finding Me by Viola Davis. Davis tells her remarkable life story, going from desperate childhood to her position as an actor at the peak of her profession. At Home:
A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson. This is a history of how people lived over the last 1,000 years or so, mostly in England. It covers a wide variety of topics and is rich in detail. The work is by the always-entertaining Bill Bryson.
Spain in Our Hearts by Adam Hochschild. This is the story of the brutal Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). One side included Franco and was supported by Hitler and Mussolini. The other side was Communist and supported by Russia. The war was used as a training ground for weapons later used in World War II.
January 2025
FICTION
Second Growth by Ruth Moore. This 1962 book by a well-known Maine author is the insightful story of a struggling small Down East town. The well-written tale describes Mainers transitioning from a prime focus on fishing and farming.
The Magnificent Ruins by Nayantara Roy. A young Indian American woman inherits a family home in India and has to deal with family members.
The Shuttle by Frances Hodgson Burnett. This 1907 book is for anyone who loved The Secret Garden (by the same author) and Downton Abbey. It explores the relationship between wealthy Americans and titled, but often financially struggling, British.
The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters. A 4-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine. The disappearance goes unsolved for 50 years.
NONFICTION
Master Slave Husband Wife by Ilyon Woo. In 1858, Georgia Ellen Craft, who passes for white, and her husband, William, go on an open escape from slavery with William as Georgia’s slave. This is a well- documented gripping book with sad commentary on our nation’s history. Winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Biography.
Deep South by Paul Theroux. Theroux has written 10 travel memoirs, but this is his first book about his experiences in the U.S. The Deep South region can be as strange and exotic as any foreign country.
Thunderstruck by Erik Larson. This work tells the true stories of events which made the front pages of newspapers in 1900 and 1910. One was about a murderer and the other about Marconi, the inventor of the wireless. By the end of the book, these two stories connect in a suspenseful and dramatic way.
Lilibet by Carolly Erickson. While this is a very interesting and informative biography of Queen Elizabeth II, it tells us much more about Prince Philip than most people know – or want to know. Read it and find out.
The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson. This is a readable, detailed account of the period (1860-61) between Abraham Lincoln’s election and the attack on Ft. Sumter. There are certain similarities between that period of history and what is happening in our country today.
MYSTERY
The Man Who Invented Florida by Randy Wayne White. Third book in a series featuring a marine biologist in southwest Florida.
