The Heat Islands - Hardcover

White, Randy Wayne

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3,833 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312069936 ISBN 13: 9780312069933

Publisher: Minotaur Books, 1992

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Spending his time on southwest Florida's Sanibel Island, collecting marine specimens and concentrating on his love life with tennis pro Dewey Nye, Doc Ford is drawn into a murder involving the owner of a local marina.

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Review:

"The rightful heir to John D. MacDonald." --"Tampa Tribune-Times"
"[White] continues to portray the world of mangrove swamp, gulf, hummock islands and tidal inlets with palpable description. The characters are deftly drawn and the villain is someone you'll love to hate." --"Rocky Mountain News"
"The best new writer since hiaasen." --"Denver Post"
"Few writers have more skillfully mingled the familiar conventions of the mystery genre with the larger, more ambitious vision of serious literature than white does." --"Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel"
"He describes Southwestern Florida so well it's easy to smell the salt tang in the air and feel the cool gulf breeze." --"Mansfield News Journal"

The rightful heir to John D. MacDonald. "Tampa Tribune-Times"

[White] continues to portray the world of mangrove swamp, gulf, hummock islands and tidal inlets with palpable description. The characters are deftly drawn and the villain is someone you'll love to hate. "Rocky Mountain News"

The best new writer since hiaasen. "Denver Post"

Few writers have more skillfully mingled the familiar conventions of the mystery genre with the larger, more ambitious vision of serious literature than white does. "Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel"

He describes Southwestern Florida so well it's easy to smell the salt tang in the air and feel the cool gulf breeze. "Mansfield News Journal""

"The rightful heir to John D. MacDonald." --Tampa Tribune-Times

"[White] continues to portray the world of mangrove swamp, gulf, hummock islands and tidal inlets with palpable description. The characters are deftly drawn and the villain is someone you'll love to hate." --Rocky Mountain News

"The best new writer since hiaasen." --Denver Post

"Few writers have more skillfully mingled the familiar conventions of the mystery genre with the larger, more ambitious vision of serious literature than white does." --Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel

"He describes Southwestern Florida so well it's easy to smell the salt tang in the air and feel the cool gulf breeze." --Mansfield News Journal

-The rightful heir to John D. MacDonald.- --Tampa Tribune-Times

-[White] continues to portray the world of mangrove swamp, gulf, hummock islands and tidal inlets with palpable description. The characters are deftly drawn and the villain is someone you'll love to hate.- --Rocky Mountain News

-The best new writer since hiaasen.- --Denver Post

-Few writers have more skillfully mingled the familiar conventions of the mystery genre with the larger, more ambitious vision of serious literature than white does.- --Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel

-He describes Southwestern Florida so well it's easy to smell the salt tang in the air and feel the cool gulf breeze.- --Mansfield News Journal

About the Author:

Randy Wayne White is the author of the popular Doc Ford novels and the nonfiction collections Batfishing in the Rainforest, The Sharks of Lake Nicaragua, Last Flight Out, and An American Traveler.
Reader of over four hundred audiobooks, Dick Hill has won three coveted Audie Awards and been nominated numerous times. He is also the recipient of several AudioFile Earphones Awards. AudioFile includes Dick on their prestigious list of Golden Voices.

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