Monday, January 16, 2017

October's Books




Disgraced detective Andrew Yancey is now a health inspector, shutting down restaurants for rats and roaches. Hollywood agent Lane Coolman represents Buck Nance, a reality tv star, in the “Duck Dynasty” mode. Only Buck is really an accordion player from suburban Milwaukee.
When Merry Mansfield rear-ends Coolman’s car on the road to the Florida Keys, it starts a chain reaction of kidnapping, a hate crime murder, and Mafia business deals. Yancey, who is trying to get his detective’s shield back, is battling his neighbor, a product liability lawyer, who wants to build a McMansion that will block Yancey’s view. Giant Gambian pouched rats have appeared in a local restaurant, and it falls to Yancey to capture the beasts.
All the elements of a Hiassen book—a beautiful woman outwitting the system, unscrupulous Florida businessmen, invasive species, and a character down on his luck—are here and add to the surreal mix that makes his books twisted and funny.
 

I am Brian Wilson by Brian Wilson
Razor Girl by Carl Hiaasen
When Krishna Calls by Susan Oleksiv
Butcher's Moon by Richard Stark

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