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The Maggody Militia

Hess, Joan
Chief Arly has problems with right-wingers and burglars.

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1/2001

Aleutian Sparrow

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

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12/2009

Bad Monkey

Hiaasen, Carl
Andrew Yancy, #1. A police detective demoted to restaurant inspector investigates an arm caught by a sports fisherman.

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8/2013

Basket Case

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

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..."none of whom matches my description of the coppery-haired felatee."--page 121.

BONUS QUOTE:

He wore a peerless wool suite but otherwise he looked terrible drawn and sleepless, with scotal bags under his anxious green eyes. --page 308.

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2/2003

Double Whammy

Hiaasen, Carl
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.

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4/2000

Fever

Hiaasen, Carl
This looks like a duplication or something of Fever Beach and should be deleted.

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No Date

Fever Beach

Hiaasen, Carl
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?"

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5/2025

Flush

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

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6/2006

Hoot

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

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9/2005

Lucky You

Hiaasen, Carl
Two losers steal a lottery ticket in Florida. Good story.

QUOTE:

"Bad news?" "Sort of," ... "Apparently I'm dead."

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3/2000

Native Tongue

Hiaasen, Carl
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.

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4/2000

Nature girl

Hiaasen, Carl
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

Hiaasen, Carl
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."

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4/2025

Razor Girl

Hiaasen, Carl
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."

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4/2025

Scat

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

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5/2009

Sick Puppy

Hiaasen, Carl
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

Hiaasen, Carl
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."

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10/2000

Skink No Surrender

Hiaasen, Carl
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

Hiaasen, Carl
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

Hiaasen, Carl
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!!!

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4/2025
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