Take a trip to exotic South Florida with this dark, funny book that established Carl Hiaasen as one of the top mystery writers in the game.The first sign of trouble is a Shriner’s fez washed up on a Miami beach. The next is a suitcase containing the almost-legless body of the local chamber of commerce president found floating in a canal…The locals are desperate to keep the murders under wraps … the murders under wraps and the tourist money flowing. But it will take a reporter-turned–private eye to make sense of a caper that mixes football players, politicians, and one very hungry crocodile in this classic mystery that GQ called “one of the top ten destination reads of all time.”
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I’ve read pretty much of everything Hiasson has written but was shocked by the darkness of this tale which the occasional humor couldn’t overcome
could not put it down!
Love all of Carl’s books! The characters! Awesome, page Turner!
Book was very entertaining! Easy read with delightful characters!
This book was written in the early 1980’s so a lot of the references are really out of touch. I could not finish it.
Couldn’t put it down.
I especially enjoy Hiaasen’s quirky characters, and his off-beat word phrasing. Someone who likes the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich will probably get a kick our of this book.
Classic Carl Hiasen, if you like him, you’ll love the book.
Great read. Funny.
Vintage Caarl