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Florida Roadkill

Author : Tim Dorsey

Publisher : Harper Collins

Page : 397 pages

File Size : 31,23 MB

Release : 2009-10-13

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0061833029

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Sunshine State trivia buff Serge A. Storms loves eliminating jerks and pests. His drug-addled partner Coleman loves cartoons. Hot stripper Sharon Rhodes loves cocaine, especially when purchased with rich dead men's money. On the other hand, there's Sean and David, who love fishing and are kind to animals -- and who are about to cross paths with a suitcase filled with $5 million in stolen insurance money. Serge wants the suitcase. Sharon wants the suitcase. Coleman wants more drugs . . . and the suitcase. In the meantime, there's murder by gun, Space Shuttle, Barbie doll, and Levi's 501s. In other words, welcome to Tim Dorsey's Florida -- where nobody gets out unscathed and untanned!



Mermaid Confidential

Author : Tim Dorsey

Publisher : HarperCollins

Page : 332 pages

File Size : 34,80 MB

Release : 2022-01-25

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 006296755X

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Serge A. Storms gives condo living a try in this off-the-wall, acid-splashed Florida crime caper from the “insanely funny” (New York Times Book Review) Tim Dorsey. “Delightfully madcap… This fiendishly funny adventure is irresistible.” — Publishers Weekly Serge A. Storms and his permanently baked sidekick, Coleman, have decided to pump the brakes and live on island time. After years of manic road tripping across their beloved Sunshine State, the irrepressible anti-heroes drop anchor in the Florida Keys. They settle down in Pelican Bay, a thriving condo complex with scenic views and friendly neighbors. But the community is at war with investors who are buying up units and leasing them to young vacationers who party at all hours. With their little slice of heaven on the line, Serge takes it upon himself to convince the tourists to move on and quickly becomes a local favorite. Meanwhile, the island chain’s long and rich smuggling heritage is causing mayhem—a gang war erupts when a local drug lord passes the family business to his young, enterprising son, and the sun-loving residents are suddenly dodging bullets. Luckily, Florida’s most lovable serial killer is there to help!



Hammerhead Ranch Motel

Author : Tim Dorsey

Publisher : Harper Collins

Page : 446 pages

File Size : 30,26 MB

Release : 2009-10-13

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0061836729

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There's a different schemer or slimeball behind every door: cocaine duckpins who have survived only by the dumbest fortune, hard-luck gigolos desperate to score, undercover cops busting undercover cops who are running sting operations on undercover cops. And just down the row, local historian and spree killer Serge A. Storms -- who has stopped keeping up with his meds -- is still looking for a briefcase stuffed with five million dollars...and is now capable of wreaking more havoc than hurricane Rolando-berto, the big wind gathering force offshore, just waiting for the opportunity to blow everything straight to hell. Pack up your bags and head south to sunny Florida. Leave your rational mind at home and come well armed. There's a room with your number on it at the Hammerhead Ranch Motel.



Florida Crime Writers

Author : Steve Glassman

Publisher : McFarland

Page : 251 pages

File Size : 40,94 MB

Release : 2014-12-24

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 0786480688

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This book examines 24 crime novelists who set their work in the Sunshine State. From James W. Hall's Under Cover of Daylight in the Florida Keys, to Barbara Parker's Suspicion of Betrayal in Miami to Tim Dorsey's Florida Roadkill at Cape Canaveral and Tampa, these writers and their works span all of Florida's 67 counties. A biographical sketch of each author precedes an interview by a critic who has immersed him- or herself in the novelist's works, producing interview-essays of noteworthy perception and insight.



No Sunscreen for the Dead

Author : Tim Dorsey

Publisher : HarperCollins

Page : 352 pages

File Size : 20,57 MB

Release : 2019-01-15

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0062795902

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A USA Today Bestseller! The Sunshine State’s most lovable psychopath, Serge A. Storms, kills it in this zany adventure from the “compulsively irreverent and shockingly funny” (Boston Globe) king of mayhem, New York Times bestselling author Tim Dorsey. Serge and Coleman are back on the road, ready to hit the next stop on their list of obscure and wacky points of interest in the Sunshine State. This time, Serge’s interest is drawn to one of the largest retirement villages in the world—also known as the site of an infamous sex scandal between a retiree and her younger beau that rocked the community. What starts out as an innocent quest to observe elders in their natural habitats, sample the local cuisine, and scope out a condo to live out the rest of their golden years, soon becomes a Robin Hood-like crusade to recover the funds of swindled residents. After all, our seniors should be revered and respected—they’ve heroically fought in wars, garnered priceless wisdom, and they have the best first-hand accounts of bizarre Floridian occurrences only Serge would know about. But as the resident’s rally for Serge to seek justice on their behalves, two detectives are hot on the heels of Serge and Coleman’s murderous trail. In this epic adventure that jumps between present day and the tumultuous times of the Vietnam war, mystery fans are in for a witty and deliciously violent delight from the twisted imagination of bestselling author Tim Dorsey.



American Roadkill

Author : Don H. Corrigan

Publisher : McFarland

Page : 251 pages

File Size : 26,83 MB

Release : 2021-10-11

Category : Nature

ISBN : 147668443X

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Slaughtered along our highways, roadkill may be observed regularly, but aren't likely to be given much thought. Research scientists, animal rights activists, roadkill artists, writers, ethicists and lyricists, however, are increasingly sounding the alarm. They report that we are killing the very animals we love, and are driving many of them to the brink of extinction. Detailing the death and destruction of mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and insect pollinators, this study examines the ways in which we are thus jeopardizing our own futures. Beginning in the Model T era, biologists counted the common carnage of the time--cottontails, woodchucks, and squirrels, mostly. That record-keeping continues today. Beyond the bleak statistics, zoologists are rerouting migratory paths of animals and are advocating for cat and dog companions. This book illuminates both our successes and failures in keeping animals out of harm's way and what those efforts reflect about ourselves and our capacity to care enough to alter the road ahead.



Double Whammy

Author : Carl Hiaasen

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 391 pages

File Size : 43,14 MB

Release : 1988-01-15

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1101436646

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“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.



Florida Roadkill

Author : Tim Dorsey

Publisher :

Page : 191 pages

File Size : 33,10 MB

Release : 2010

Category : Florida

ISBN :

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Oh, Florida!

Author : Craig Pittman

Publisher : Macmillan

Page : 413 pages

File Size : 23,65 MB

Release : 2016-07-05

Category : History

ISBN : 1250071208

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A fun- and fact-filled investigation into why the Sunshine State is the weirdest but also the most influential state in the Union.



Florida Roadkill

Author : Tim Dorsey

Publisher :

Page : 384 pages

File Size : 12,31 MB

Release : 2017-03-08

Category :

ISBN : 9782743639303

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Depuis qu'ils se sont rencontrés en prison, Serge et Coleman se sont associés pour le meilleur et pour le crime. Le tandem devient trio avec la sculpturale Sharon dont les lèvres boudeuses « font avoir des accidents de voiture aux hommes ». Ces hommes, la demoiselle les séduit pour leur assurance vie, et il faut reconnaître qu'elle les assassine toujours de façon originale. N'importe où cette bande de psychopathes hallucinés serait abattue sur-le-champ. Sauf en Floride. Et pour le trio infernal, le magot de cinq millions de dollars qui se profile à l'horizon n'est pas une hallucination. D'ailleurs tout le monde semble se le disputer. Commence alors une poursuite délirante, certes sanglante, mais aussi très drôle.Ce premier roman dont la suite, Hammerhead Ranch Motel est également publiée chez Rivages, témoigne de l'incroyable imagination de Tim Dorsey qui se révèle digne des plus grands par son sens du rythme, des dialogues et des situations cocasses.