Sunshine State trivia buff Serge A. Storms loves eliminating jerks and pests. His drug-addled partner Coleman loves cartoons. Hot stripper Sharon Rhodes loves cocaine, especially when purchased with rich dead men’s money.On the other hand, there’s Sean and David, who love fishing and are kind to animals — and who are about to cross paths with a suitcase filled with $5 million in stolen insurance … insurance money. Serge wants the suitcase. Sharon wants the suitcase. Coleman wants more drugs . . . and the suitcase. In the meantime, there’s murder by gun, Space Shuttle, Barbie doll, and Levi’s 501s.
In other words, welcome to Tim Dorsey’s Florida — where nobody gets out unscathed and untanned!
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Florida in not just the Sunshine State, it is also home to an inventive serial killer and his ever-stoned sidekick. Meet Serge Storms and Coleman. How can a serial killer be a hero? Like the popular cable series Dexter, Storms only kills people who deserve it. His inventive ways of doing so are sometimes complicated, sometimes simple, but all …
This series is an interesting mix of crime thriller and comedy. It’s the first in a series featuring Serge A. Storms – a sociopath “tourist” of his own home state of Florida. Dorsey (a former journalist from Tampa Bay) weaves in wacky ways to die alongside some interesting facts about both the well-traveled and out-of-the-way spots in one of my …
Tim Dorsey is Carl Hiaasen on hallucinogens. While Hiaasen still makes some effort to tie his characters to whatever passes for reality in Florida, Dorsey has cut his mooring lines entirely and sailed off into an antimatter version of the Sunshine State that’s still entirely recognizable, just twisted like a Moebius strip.
Yes, there is a plot …
Not quite but almost as quirky a cast of characters as those you’ll find in Carl Hiaasen, to whom Dorsey has been aptly compared. I can’t *quite* put Dorsey in Hiaasen’s league–but, then again, this is the first of Dorsey’s novels I’ve read, so it’s early yet. I hope to read others because this one far from dissuaded me from doing so. …
This book is hilarious. You’ll laugh, then you’ll laugh some more, then you’ll just keep laughing.
A great beginning to the Serge Storm series. Start here to get the origin of Serge’s passion and twisted sense of justice. From Miami to the keys, it’s a nonstop rollercoaster ride of South Florida excess and nonsense. Funny from start to finish.
good read
Very dry humor
You can never go wrong with Tim Dorsey’s books. Never.
Another hilarious romp through Florida and its inimitable history with our favorite serial killer! Love Time Dorsey – he cracks me up every time.
how about insane?