(MFA in Creative Writing, The University of Tampa, 2017-06-15) Araujo, Camile
Samantha DeLuna is a Dade-County Homicide Detective who watches her
own body enter an ambulance on a stretcher. While she fights for her life in the
present time, Hell Is a Strip with Neon Lights recounts the three and a half days
that pushed Samantha to confront the facade of lies inside and outside the
Department. The bright lights and festive atmosphere of Miami hide more secrets
than they expose. The psychological intensity escalates as Samantha gets closer to
solving the case. She must learn how to trust herself before she can see the
dangerous truth threatening to consume her.