false 13064 9 The only trace of the first victim was his Shriner's fez washed up on the Miami beach. The second victim, the head of the city's chamber of commerce, was found dead with a toy rubber alligator lodged in his throat. And that was just the beginning. Now Brian Keyes, reporter turned private eye, must move from muckraking to rooting out murder in a caper that will mix football players, politicians, and police with a group of fanatics and a very hungry crocodile. 2160020 1986 Tourist Season total:2067|5:457|4:924|3:587|2:86|1:13| 2067 7927 2570 140 5 1 false false Tue Apr 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 26 15:35:49 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 26 15:35:49 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Fri Feb 01 05:06:12 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 05 07:16:45 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jan 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 17:43:51 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 18:05:41 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 08:51:47 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 19:32:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Apr 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 14:27:56 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 15:19:13 -0700 2009
Adoption of environmental warriors as major characters and the destruction of t...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 08:30:47 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 08:34:39 -0700 2009
Tourist Season is my third Hiaasen book of 2009 and it's another fun read, full of oddball characters in Florida. They are all kind of the same--multiple characters wind i...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat May 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 16:33:13 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 07:09:51 -0700 2009
In Tourist Season, he writes of a disgruntled columnist who plots murderous reve...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Feb 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 02:45:19 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 03:36:16 -0800 2009
I've picked up Hiaasen's books because they are a quick read on a plane - a guilty pleasure, but not so guilty that I wouldn't pick up another. The scre...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 22:56:31 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 14:56:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri May 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 08:45:52 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 09:01:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Sep 20 05:37:07 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 20 05:37:36 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Fri Feb 06 00:00:00 -0800 1987 Sun Oct 12 09:41:33 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 12 10:07:03 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Feb 27 04:56:23 -0800 2008 Mon Jun 09 10:02:15 -0700 2008
The tale begins when Sparky Harper, head of Miami’s Chamber of Commerce, is found dead, stuffed into a suitcase with his legs cut off and a toy rubber alligator lodged in his throat, and that is just ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Oct 01 16:26:30 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 16:26:46 -0700 2009
The humor is dark & satirical and the characters and situations are outrageous. As always, it was another page turner for me. This book is pure escape. It would be a...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Oct 19 12:49:08 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 04 16:43:59 -0800 2009 "Jesus Bernal had once held the title of defense minister for a rabid anti-Castro terrorist group called the Seventh of July Movement. The group was named for the day in 1972 when its founders had launched a costly and ill-fated attack on a Cuban gunboat off the Isle of...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 16:32:57 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 10:41:07 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 12:36:49 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 12:37:03 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Apr 07 16:59:55 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 04:47:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1987 Thu Jul 12 08:47:21 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 12 08:56:34 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Mar 29 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sun Aug 09 19:15:35 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 19:19:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=13064