Books I've Read

Claire Malloy ends up with a baby on her doorstep.

Someone dognaps Miss Parchester's beagles that Claire Malloy is dogsitting.

Chief Arly has problems with right-wingers and burglars.

Told in unrhymed verse, it's about the removal of the Aleuts from the Alaskan Panhandle islands during World War II.

A police detective demoted to restaurant inspector investigates an arm caught by a sports fisherman.

Rock music guy gets killed by wife. Guy loses eye after getting whacked by a frozen lizard.

Bass fishing intrigue in Florida.

Noah helps his dad expose a polluting casino boat in Florida.

Teen tries to stop destruction of owl habitat by nasty pancake restaurant corporation.

Two losers steal a lottery ticket in Florida. Good story.

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...

Possibly bipolar Honey launches a plan to teach some manners to a Texan telemarketer that insulted her.

Saving a Florida panther kitty and its mother. The usual odd assortment of Carl Characters.

Palmer Stoat doesn't seem to get the message about his litter- ing. A lovable labrador is on the cover.

A plastic surgeon mucks up operations and murders. Interesting prosthetic hand in this one.

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.

Woman survives murder attempt by husband, gets back at him. Swamps, snakes, gators, and a large hairy guy.

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.

Big hurricane wipes out a goodly portion of Florida.

"Funny as hell.", "Hilarious..." say the blurbs. I was roused to laughter only five times. On pages 170, 287, 260, 364 and 414 of the paperback edition. Never the less, it was entertaining so I am going to try his other books.