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Double Whammy
Bass fishing intrigue in Florida.
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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.Read:
4/2000
Fever Beach
Corruption in Florida politics, imagine that! Twilly reminds me of Serge, very much.
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"Isn't it unbelievable that we're both still single? With all we've got going for us?"Read:
5/2025
Flush
Noah helps his dad expose a polluting casino boat in Florida.
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6/2006
Hoot
Teen tries to stop destruction of owl habitat by nasty pancake restaurant corporation.
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9/2005
Lucky You
Two losers steal a lottery ticket in Florida. Good story.
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"Bad news?" "Sort of," ... "Apparently I'm dead."Read:
3/2000
Native Tongue
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.Read:
4/2000
Nature girl
Possibly bipolar Honey launches a plan to teach some manners to a Texan telemarketer that insulted her.
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11/2006
Powder Burn
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.Quote:
"Fuck off, whitey," Arthur said. "How about some chess later?"Quote:
"Greed," Appel said. "The money is beyond imagination, probably even more than doctors and architects make."Read:
4/2025
Razor Girl
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"?Quote:
"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?"Quote:
tank suit -- I looked it up, but still not sure what it looks like.Quote:
"No offense, Deborah, but my arm's falling asleep."Read:
4/2025
Scat
Saving a Florida panther kitty and its mother. The usual odd assortment of Carl Characters.
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5/2009
Sick Puppy
Palmer Stoat doesn't seem to get the message about his litter- ing. A lovable labrador is on the cover.
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12/2000
Skin Tight
A plastic surgeon mucks up operations and murders. Interesting prosthetic hand in this one.
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"Where's the bubble?" he said. "Smack dab in the center." "Right," Stranahan said. "See--they're lined up perfectly."Read:
10/2000
Skink No Surrender
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.
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10/2015
Skinny Dip
Woman survives murder attempt by husband, gets back at him. Swamps, snakes, gators, and a large hairy guy.
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11/2004
Squeeze Me
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.Quote:
The average age of the surviving Potussies was 71.3 years [...] -- Hey, that's not old!!! Quote:
It was the third dead body he'd found while fishing, but such was the reality of a childhood spent outdoors in Florida.Quote:
"Calm down," she said. "You're putting your underwear on backward."Quote:
"I've gotta go stock up on Purina," she said.Quote:
"He'll be back," Dottie Mars interjected fervently. "Bigger and badder than ever." -- And he sure was, wasn't he!!!Read:
4/2025
Star Island
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.
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11/2010
Stormy Weather
Big hurricane wipes out a goodly portion of Florida.
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"Accept no imitations"Read:
4/2000
Striptease
"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.
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"This is a classy operation,... didn't you notice the napkins?" BONUS QUOTE:
...Shad...was... reading a large-print edition of The Plague by Albert Camus. The book made Shad feel slightly better about living in South Florida.Read:
2/2000
Tourist Season
A newspaper man comes up with a solution to the tourist problem in Florida.
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With a shift in economic fortunes Wilson had been forced to quit shooting heroin, so he'd turned to reading in his spare time.Read:
2/2000
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