Coming in February 2026: Hypocrite’s Row

"Hypocrite's Row is a pleasure of a police procedural, all the more interesting for its compelling recreation of Miami of the Prohibition Era, fueled by journalist Kleinberg's decades of authoritative research and writing." --Les Standiford, author of Last Train to Paradise and the John Deal mystery series.

“Eliot Kleinberg gives us a rare, accurate, glimpse into Florida's seedy past in Hypocrite's Row. A fun, enlightening crime novel.” —James O. Born, NYT bestselling author

“Nate Moran has a lot on his plate. It’s the 1920s and he’s a cop in Miami. He deals with killers, with grifters, with hurricanes - all the things that have always made Florida fun, not to mention dangerous. He’s an honest cop who loves his wife and puts up with his job. You’re going to like Nate Moran.” — Scott Eyman, NYT bestelling author

The fat man sprawled on splinters of a chair he’d crushed when he had gone over in this secret room where the elite flaunted Prohibition. Hypocrite's Row. Three red dots painted the front of his nice white shirt. I dropped my fedora on a side table. A tall man stuck out a hand. I said, “Good to meet you. I’m Nate Moran."

In the South Florida of the 1920s, Prohibition is a joke. There’s an open coastline just a few hours’ boat ride from the British docks in the British docks in the Bahamas, and wealthy society swells, gangsters and tourists will pay handsomely for a drink. The suppliers become folk heroes and the lawman the villain. Nate Moran’s colleague is murdered by a rumrunner who later walks on a technicality He helps bring to justice a high-seas pirate and murderer in Fort Lauderdale and helps bust up a notorious gang of moonshiners, rumrunners, and robbers. He learns a close colleague has gone to the other side. He has a final showdown with that rumrunner who gunned down that federal agent and walked. And he must solve a murder in a secret room of a Palm Beach hotel where the rich and entitled can drink: Hypocrite’s Row.

Watch this space for information on talks and signings, as well as how you can buy Hypocrite’s Row.