Trap Line (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) - Softcover

Hiaasen, Carl; Montalbano, Bill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0375700692 ISBN 13: 9780375700699

Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, 1998

Synopsis

With its dozens of outlying islands and the native Conch's historically low regard for the law, Key West is a smuggler's paradise. All that's needed are the captains to run the contraband. Breeze Albury is one of the best fishing captains on the Rock, and he's in no mood to become the Machine's delivery boy. So the Machine sets out to persuade him. It starts out by taking away Albury's livelihood. Then it robs him of his freedom. But when the Machine threatens Albury's son, the washed-out wharf rat turns into a raging, sea-going vigilante. In Trap Line, Carl Hiaasen and Bill Montalbano pit a handful of scruffy Conchs against an armada of drug lords, crooked cops, and homicidal marine lowlife. The result is a crime novel of dizzying velocity, filled with wrenching plot twists, grimily authentic characters, and enough local color for a hundred tropical shirts. It's the Key West the tourist brochures won't tell you about: a place as crooked as Al Capone's Chicago and as irredeemably violent as Wyatt Earp's Tombstone.

About this title

About the Author:

Carl Hiaasen is the author of numerous national bestselling novels, including Bad Monkey and Razor Girl. He lives in Key West, Florida.

Bill Montalbano is the author of The Sinners of San Ramon and Basilica. He died in 1998.

Together they wrote three mysteries. Trap Line, A Death in China, and Powder Burn.

From the Inside Flap:

Key West is a smuggler's paradise. All that's needed are the captains to run the contraband and Breeze Albury is one of the best fishing captains on the Rock. He's in no mood to become the Machine's delivery boy, however. So the Machine sets out to persuade him. It starts by taking away Albury's livelihood and his freedom. But when the Machine threatens Albury's son, the washed-out wharf rat turns into a raging, sea-going vigilante.

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0375700692
• ISBN 13: 9780375700699
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224