He tried to remember the polite things to say when a beautiful stranger struck up a conversation about oral sex. None of the obvious replies seemed appropriate for a funeral.
Very humorous story involving a theme park in Florida. And a dolphin. Interestingly, no one had dead animals clamped to their arm in this one...
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Four thousand poinds of ugly Detroit steel on his toes and not even a twinge of pain. Incredible, Pedro thought; the ultimate result of supreme physical conditioning! Or possibly the drugs.
Co-author Bill Montalbano. Published in 1981. Black Lizard, #1. Architect Chris Matthews takes on the Miami cocaine organizations. Pretty good. Didn't realize until I finished that it was published so long ago!
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"Bitch!" the young man screamed. "Cheating bitch. I hope he bites it off." [...]
Ah, to be young and in love, Meadows thought.
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"Fuck off, whitey," Arthur said. "How about some chess later?"
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"Greed," Appel said. "The money is beyond imagination, probably even more than doctors and architects make."
Andrew Yancy #2. Looks like I read #1 back in 2013! Don't even remember it. Andrew gets mixed up with a woman whose job is ramming cars hitmen or kidnappers or something. Also, mafia, a reality show, giant rats, and I don't know what all!
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What on earth did she mean by "protocol"?
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"What did you say, Pablo?"
"Estan grandes pendejos," the driver repeated cordially.
"What? Talk American, goddamit."
The driver, who of course spoke perfect English, said, "Where to now, gentlemen?"
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tank suit -- I looked it up, but still not sure what it looks like.
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"No offense, Deborah, but my arm's falling asleep."
Mallory runs away from home, her friend Richard meets Skink and they team up to find her. A "teen"-downed story, pretty good, a little slow near the end, good ending, though.
Skink, #8. Published in 2020, this story is about a bunch of Burmese Pythons, a U.S. President who uses a tanning booth maybe too much. His wife, who is sympathetically portrayed. A woman snake catcher. Assorted Secret Service types. And Skink.
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Looking back Uric would admit they should have dealt with the dead python before getting trashed at the titty bar.
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The average age of the surviving Potussies was 71.3 years [...] -- Hey, that's not old!!!
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It was the third dead body he'd found while fishing, but such was the reality of a childhood spent outdoors in Florida.
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"Calm down," she said. "You're putting your underwear on backward."
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"I've gotta go stock up on Purina," she said.
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"He'll be back," Dottie Mars interjected fervently. "Bigger and badder than ever." -- And he sure was, wasn't he!!!
Untalented pop star Cherry Pye falls to revive a faltering career. No one loses a limb to a Floridian animal in THIS book, although one guy gets shot in the butt.