Ten of the sexiest mysteries for Valentine’s weekend

Molly Odintz is the Senior Editor for CrimeReads. She grew up in Austin and worked as a bookseller at BookPeople for years before her move up to New York City for a life in crime. She likes cats, crime novels, and coffee.

At CrimeReads Odintz tagged ten "books, featuring lots of great sex and terrible relationships, [that] may make for perfect Valentine’s Weekend reading," including:

Miami Purity by Vicki Hendricks

I once tried to read this book in public, and had to stop because it got too sexy. That’s right, if you open this book up in public, you will get flustered. In this literally steamy tale (it takes place in a dry cleaner’s), a femme fatale gets together with the owner’s no good son, and they hatch a plot to get rid of his critical mother together. I feel like the French cover design for this book really captures the message of this novel.

Read about the other entries on the list.

Miami Purity is among Alex Segura's twelve essential Miami crime novels.

--Marshal Zeringue