Robert Beech

A Span of Moments Robert Beech

"A thoughtful, lyric drama of coming home again-and fighting to preserve it from development... Beech succeeds in bringing out the inherent conflicts between development and conservation... His treatment of these themes is nuanced yet impassioned, resulting in a novel that will engage thoughtful readers fascinated by environmental issues." - Booklife Review by Publishers Weekly

A disillusioned Jake Crawford quits a prominent scientific career and retreats to the island home of his youth, longing for its old Florida way of life. Within hours of his arrival, he becomes entangled in a deadly series of events involving a billionaire real estate developer and a reclusive bridgetender with a long-hidden past from WWII. Jake's struggle to navigate those events will determine whether Marcosta Island preserves its culture and native beauty or succumbs to the same overpopulation and environmental harm that has befallen the rest of southwest Florida.