Razor Girl

Hiaasen, Carl

ISBN 10: 038539294X ISBN 13: 9780385392945

Publisher: Random House, 2016

Synopsis

The new full-tilt, unstoppably hilarious and entertaining novel from the best-selling author of Skinny Dip and Bad Monkey

When Lane Coolman's car is bashed from behind on the road to the Florida Keys, what appears to be an ordinary accident is anything but (this is Hiaasen!). Behind the wheel of the other car is Merry Mansfield--the eponymous Razor Girl--and the crash scam is only the beginning of events that spiral crazily out of control while unleashing some of the wildest characters Hiaasen has ever set loose on the page. There's Trebeaux, the owner of Sedimental Journeys--a company that steals sand from one beach to restore erosion on another . . . Dominick "Big Noogie" Aeola, a NYC mafia capo with a taste for tropic-wear . . . Buck Nance, a Wisconsin accordionist who has rebranded himself as the star of a redneck reality show called Bayou Brethren . . . a street psycho known as Blister who's more Buck Nance than Buck could ever be . . . Brock Richardson, a Miami product-liability lawyer who's getting dangerously--and deformingly--hooked on the very E.D. product he's litigating against . . . and Andrew Yancy--formerly Detective Yancy, busted down to the Key West roach patrol after accosting his then-lover's husband with a Dust Buster. Yancy believes that if he can singlehandedly solve a high-profile murder, he'll get his detective badge back. That the Razor Girl may be the key to Yancy's future will be as surprising as anything else he encounters along the way--including the giant Gambian rats that are livening up his restaurant inspections.
From the Hardcover edition.

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Review

If you are unlucky enough not to have read Carl Hiaasen, delay no longer (Evening Standard)

A joy from first page to last (Daily Mail)

Absorbing (The Herald)

Hugely entertaining (Crime Scene)

Razor-sharp (Irish Times)

If you are unlucky enough not to have read Carl Hiaasen, delay no longer (Evening Standard)

The ultimate beach read for anyone with a taste for Hiaasen's skewed view of a Florida slouching toward Armageddon (Jane Murphy, Booklist)

[A] breezy, enjoyable sequel to 2013's Bad Monkey (Publishers Weekly)

Fans will know what to expect: Day-Glo noir delivered with pungent dialogue and supple prose, Florida's lurid headlines mined for gleeful fun, and memorable characters demonstrating the full spectrum of vice and dysfunction. (Your Weekend)

Poetic justice and social satire are hallmarks of Carl Hiaasen's work and Razor Girl deals out both in fine fashion. (New Zealand Listener)

Book Description

The latest novel from comic crime genius and New York Times bestselling author, Carl Hiaasen

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 038539294X
• ISBN 13: 9780385392945
• Binding: Audio CD