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    <body><![CDATA[Sanibel Flats, by Randy Wayne White.  B-plus<br/>This is the first Doc Ford book.  It takes place in Florida.  Doc Ford has retired from his work as some kind of government agent.  He has come back to live in his boyhood Florida haunts, on Sanibel Island.  His boyhood friend calls him out of the bl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43216433">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[What a disappointing all-around mess.  Having recently spent a week on Sanibel Island and eaten many times at Randy Wayne White's restaurant, Doc Ford's, I was excited about reading this book.  The story, first and foremost, was borrrrriiiing.  I plodded through it, thinking, is this over yet?  My n...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51140287">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The first in a series about an ex-Navy SEAL who takes up marine biology and lives in an old fishing shack on Sanibel Island.  I hope the rest of the books in this series hold up to this great beginning.  Although there's lots of guy action, which you would expect in a mystery like this, Doc Ford and...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80528302">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Its cool gulf breezes lured him from a life of danger. Its dark undercurrents threatened to destroy him.<br/><br/>After ten years of living life on the edge, it was hard for Doc Ford to get that addiction to danger out of his system. But spending each day watching the sun melt into Dinkins Bay and the moon rise over the mangrove trees, cooking dinner for his beautiful neighbor, and dispensing advice to the locals over a cold beer lulled him into letting his guard down.<br/><br/>Then Rafe Hollins appeared.<br/><br/>How could he refuse his old friend's request-even if it would put him back on the firing line? Even if it would change forever the life he'd built here on Sanibel Island?<br/>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[ I happened across Doc Ford around the time Dick Francis announced his retirement from writing (c2000). Randy Wayne White seemed to have the &quot;Dick Francis feel&quot; to his books- the decent, stoically suffering hero and the way of presenting interesting information about various topics within ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72653485">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the first of the Doc Ford novels.  Doc is an easy hero to like -- he's ex-special ops of some sort, a tall good-looking guy working as a marine biologist on Sanibel Island in southwest Florida.  He's smart, sexy, and very appealing, and has exciting adventures.  Occasionally his past comes b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38920387">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Its cool gulf breezes lured him from a life of danger. Its dark undercurrents threatened to destroy him.After ten years of living life on the edge, it was hard for Doc Ford to get that addiction to danger out of his system. But spending each day watching the sun melt into Dinkins Bay and the moon rise over the mangrove trees, cooking dinner for his beautiful neighbor, and dispensing advice to the locals over a cold beer lulled him into letting his guard down.Then Rafe Hollins appeared.How could he refuse his old friend's request-even if it would put him back on the firing line? Even if it would change forever the life he'd built here on Sanibel Island?]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this book.  First in the series I believe.  I learned a lot about the politicking of S American, and some theories behind the brutality of the people.<br/><br/>I have returned the book without copying a quote which went something like this about the situation in S America and a lot of othe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65440563">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Its cool gulf breezes lured him from a life of danger. Its dark undercurrents threatened to destroy him.After ten years of living life on the edge, it was hard for Doc Ford to get that addiction to danger out of his system. But spending each day watching the sun melt into Dinkins Bay and the moon rise over the mangrove trees, cooking dinner for his beautiful neighbor, and dispensing advice to the locals over a cold beer lulled him into letting his guard down.Then Rafe Hollins appeared.How could he refuse his old friend's request-even if it would put him back on the firing line? Even if it would change forever the life he'd built here on Sanibel Island?]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Randy wayne white was suggested to me by a patron. His writings remind me of John D. McDonald. The story left quite a twist and the beginnings on another book. I'm going to read the next book in this series.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Sanibel Flats]]>
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    <![CDATA[Its cool gulf breezes lured him from a life of danger. Its dark undercurrents threatened to destroy him.After ten years of living life on the edge, it was hard for Doc Ford to get that addiction to danger out of his system. But spending each day watching the sun melt into Dinkins Bay and the moon rise over the mangrove trees, cooking dinner for his beautiful neighbor, and dispensing advice to the locals over a cold beer lulled him into letting his guard down.Then Rafe Hollins appeared.How could he refuse his old friend's request-even if it would put him back on the firing line? Even if it would change forever the life he'd built here on Sanibel Island?]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the first of at least four and maybe five Doc Ford mystery series. Doc is a marine biologist in Florida but he has a past. He's done with that past now and living out a laid back laissez faire life on Sanibel Flats. But, he past calls him one day. His old friend, Rafe Hollins calls in distre...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12512174">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Its cool gulf breezes lured him from a life of danger. Its dark undercurrents threatened to destroy him.After ten years of living life on the edge, it was hard for Doc Ford to get that addiction to danger out of his system. But spending each day watching the sun melt into Dinkins Bay and the moon rise over the mangrove trees, cooking dinner for his beautiful neighbor, and dispensing advice to the locals over a cold beer lulled him into letting his guard down.Then Rafe Hollins appeared.How could he refuse his old friend's request-even if it would put him back on the firing line? Even if it would change forever the life he'd built here on Sanibel Island?]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[a new (to me) mystery series.  Was  a fun read with some twists at the end.  I'll try another one...probably audio.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[a good story line along with a mystery.  Ford is a likeable fellow with a interesting side kick. <br/>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Its cool gulf breezes lured him from a life of danger. Its dark undercurrents threatened to destroy him.After ten years of living life on the edge, it was hard for Doc Ford to get that addiction to danger out of his system. But spending each day watching the sun melt into Dinkins Bay and the moon rise over the mangrove trees, cooking dinner for his beautiful neighbor, and dispensing advice to the locals over a cold beer lulled him into letting his guard down.Then Rafe Hollins appeared.How could he refuse his old friend's request-even if it would put him back on the firing line? Even if it would change forever the life he'd built here on Sanibel Island?]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have read the entire Doc Ford series, The Man Who Invented Florida is my favorite.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Its cool gulf breezes lured him from a life of danger. Its dark undercurrents threatened to destroy him.After ten years of living life on the edge, it was hard for Doc Ford to get that addiction to danger out of his system. But spending each day watching the sun melt into Dinkins Bay and the moon rise over the mangrove trees, cooking dinner for his beautiful neighbor, and dispensing advice to the locals over a cold beer lulled him into letting his guard down.Then Rafe Hollins appeared.How could he refuse his old friend's request-even if it would put him back on the firing line? Even if it would change forever the life he'd built here on Sanibel Island?]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Really like the Doc Ford series.  Makes me wish I lived in the Keys.  ]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Its cool gulf breezes lured him from a life of danger. Its dark undercurrents threatened to destroy him.After ten years of living life on the edge, it was hard for Doc Ford to get that addiction to danger out of his system. But spending each day watching the sun melt into Dinkins Bay and the moon rise over the mangrove trees, cooking dinner for his beautiful neighbor, and dispensing advice to the locals over a cold beer lulled him into letting his guard down.Then Rafe Hollins appeared.How could he refuse his old friend's request-even if it would put him back on the firing line? Even if it would change forever the life he'd built here on Sanibel Island?]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is Randy's first book and my first read.  Very enjoyable.  I look forward to more of his novels.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Its cool gulf breezes lured him from a life of danger. Its dark undercurrents threatened to destroy him.After ten years of living life on the edge, it was hard for Doc Ford to get that addiction to danger out of his system. But spending each day watching the sun melt into Dinkins Bay and the moon rise over the mangrove trees, cooking dinner for his beautiful neighbor, and dispensing advice to the locals over a cold beer lulled him into letting his guard down.Then Rafe Hollins appeared.How could he refuse his old friend's request-even if it would put him back on the firing line? Even if it would change forever the life he'd built here on Sanibel Island?]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[An Ok Florida mystery.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the first book in the Doc Ford series.  I violated my own rule by reading out of order, having read a couple later in the series.  This first book is very good.  It introduces a lot of characters who follow through in the series, and interesting they are! Lots of suspense and action.  You ge...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21566534">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Randy Wayne White has the worst name for an author.    It just sounds funny.  But, when you read his Doc Ford novels, you get caught up in a world of adventure and learn a lot about the history, wildlife and flora and fauna of Florida.  I feel  White's characters like Tomlinson and Doc Ford are clas...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35610">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the first of the Doc Ford series.  These books are exciting, with a down-home, &quot;Florida&quot;, feel.  The characters are recognizable and relationships are detailed, with added dimensions throughout the series. The author has completed about 17 books in this series and I'm looking forwa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8065627">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Normally, I'm not a fan of modern fiction or mysteries, but my dad left this book (as well as Captiva) at my house, so I decided to read them both. Though they were a bit predictable, I admit that I got sucked into the stories and they provided a welcomed escape at the time. Fun, quick reads — per...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19936671">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Its cool gulf breezes lured him from a life of danger. Its dark undercurrents threatened to destroy him.<br/><br/>After ten years of living life on the edge, it was hard for Doc Ford to get that addiction to danger out of his system. But spending each day watching the sun melt into Dinkins Bay and the moon rise over the mangrove trees, cooking dinner for his beautiful neighbor, and dispensing advice to the locals over a cold beer lulled him into letting his guard down.<br/><br/>Then Rafe Hollins appeared.<br/><br/>How could he refuse his old friend's request-even if it would put him back on the firing line? Even if it would change forever the life he'd built here on Sanibel Island?<br/>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[First in a series of mysteries that predominantly take place in and around Sanibel and Southwest Florida.  Doc Ford and Tomlinson are wonderful, quirky characters and this book should probably be read first, it explains a lot of background that is helpful in the following books.  Author gets better ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73464684">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The only reason I bothered to finish this was because it is our book club read for December.<br/>Pretty poor stuff in my opinion.Dull,tedious and predictable.<br/>If you want a novel that speaks of Florida read Peter Matthiessen's Killing Mr Watson.<br/>Sorry Randy.I will not be reading any more ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9156171">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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