Double Whammy - Softcover

Hiaasen, Carl

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1538729520 ISBN 13: 9781538729526

Publisher: Grand Central Pub, 2018

Synopsis

"Twists and turns with breathtaking speed...You're gonna like this ride." - Washington Post Book World

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.

About this title

Review:

"[Hiaasen] will certainly please readers who appreciate the Swiftian wit in his cautionary tales."
--Publishers Weekly


"A murder sizzler that is everything...great fun...it places Hiaasen up there with Ross Thomas and Donald Westlake as a wildly imaginative caper writer...I went for double whammy hook, line, and sinker."
--Washington Post Book World


"The action is swift, and there are some very funny scenes."--Library Journal

About the Author:

Carl Hiaasen was born and raised in Florida. He is the author of nineteen novels, including Skinny Dip, Sick Puppy, Stormy Weather, Basket Case, and, for young readers, Flush and Hoot. He also writes a regular column for The Miami Herald.

About this edition

• Publisher: Grand Central Pub
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1538729520
• ISBN 13: 9781538729526
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 419