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Double Whammy
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Artikel-Nr:
9780593334751
Veröffentl:
1900
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.01.1900
Seiten:
400
Autor:
Carl Hiaasen
Gewicht:
342 g
Format:
208x142x30 mm
Serie:
Skink Series
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Carl Hiaasen was born and raised in Florida. He is the New York Times bestselling author of fifteen novels, including Razor Girl, Bad Monkey, Star Island, Nature Girl, Skinny Dip, Sick Puppy, Lucky You, Skin Tight, and Tourist Season, as well as the bestselling children's books Squirm, Hoot, Flush, Scat, Chomp, and Skink. His most recent work of nonfiction is Assume the Worst, a collaboration with the artist Roz Chast.
"Follow the adventures of a news-photographer-turned-private-eye as he seeks truth, justice, and an affair with his ex-wife" (The New York Times) in this hilarious caper from bestselling author Carl Hiaasen.
R. J. Decker, star tenant of the local trailer park and neophyte private eye, is fishing for a killer. Thanks to a sportsman's scam that's anything but sportsmanlike, there's a body floating in Coon Bog, Florida--and a lot that's rotten in the murky waters of big-stakes, large-mouth bass tournaments. Here Decker will team up with a half-blind, half-mad hermit with an appetite for road kill; dare to kiss his ex-wife while she's in bed with her new husband; and face deadly TV evangelists, dangerously seductive women, and a pistol-toting redneck with a pit bull on his arm. And here his own life becomes part of the stakes. For while the "double whammy" is the lure, first prize is for the most ingenious murder.
R. J. Decker, star tenant of the local trailer park and neophyte private eye, is fishing for a killer. Thanks to a sportsman's scam that's anything but sportsmanlike, there's a body floating in Coon Bog, Florida--and a lot that's rotten in the murky waters of big-stakes, large-mouth bass tournaments. Here Decker will team up with a half-blind, half-mad hermit with an appetite for road kill; dare to kiss his ex-wife while she's in bed with her new husband; and face deadly TV evangelists, dangerously seductive women, and a pistol-toting redneck with a pit bull on his arm. And here his own life becomes part of the stakes. For while the "double whammy" is the lure, first prize is for the most ingenious murder.
A PERPETUAL NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER: Hiassen's most recent hardcover, Razor Girl, debuted at #2-the latest in a long string of successesA LEGENDARY AUTHOR AT HIS BEST: Even in this, his first solo novel, Hiaasen displays his trademark blend of suspense and humor, set amidst the absurd characters who populate his version of south FloridaICONIC BOOK: GQ magazine called it "one of the ten best destination reads of all time,"while Forbes listed it as one of the "ten greatest airplane novels of all time"STRONG SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE: Author has 64,250 likes on his Facebook page and over 5K Twitter followers