"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.
Skink Séries
Cette série plonge les lecteurs dans le monde trouble de R. J. Decker, un détective privé débutant qui navigue dans les marais et les secrets de la Floride. Avec un mélange unique d'humour noir et de rythme effréné, chaque épisode révèle des affaires complexes pleines de tromperie et de danger. Préparez-vous à des rebondissements palpitants, des personnages excentriques et un voyage au cœur de la rudesse du Sud, où la survie est toujours en jeu.
Ordre de lecture recommandé
Native Tongue
- 496pages
- 18 heures de lecture
Now reissued--one of the most beloved novels by the "New York Times" bestselling author in which dedicated, if somewhat demented, environmentalists battle sleazy real estate developers in the Florida Keys.
Ouragan en Floride ! Fini les belles créatures et le sable fin. Les maisons s'envolent, les destins implosent et les barjos de tout poil sont à la fête. Il y en a même à qui ça donne des idées. Des idées d'arnaques, des idées de rapts, des idées de meurtres... Un ermite digne de Don Quichotte, un collectionneur de crânes, un tueur à la mine patibulaire, une jeune mariée qui a perdu son cher et tendre époux dans la tourmente. Tour à tour, ils sortent de l'ombre, de leurs vies, de leurs gonds. Que la fête commence ! Avec une verve et une truculence qui n'appartiennent qu'à lui, Carl Hiaasen - journaliste au "Miami Herald" - nous livre un nouvel épisode décapant de sa chronique des mœurs américaines. Un thriller hilarant et cinglant à souhait.
Sick Puppy
- 513pages
- 18 heures de lecture
Independently wealthy eco-terrorist Twilly Spree teaches a flagrant litterbug a lesson--and leaves the offender's precious Range Rover swarming with hungry dung beetles. When he discovers the litterer is one of the most powerful political fixers in Florida, the real Hiaasen-style fun begins.
Queue de poisson
- 535pages
- 19 heures de lecture
«Il avait tout prévu : la croisière en paquebot la promenade nocturne sur le pont et le moment où il la balancerait par-dessus bord au milieu de l'Atlantique. Encore mieux qu'un divorce. Mais ce que Chaz n'avait pas imaginé, c'est que Joey puisse survivre à tout ça. Et voilà que son "épouse regrettée" est repêchée par un ex-flic reconverti en Robinson, à quelques milles des côtes de la Floride. Elle pourrait le dénoncer. Mais ce ne serait pas drôle...»--quatrième de couverture
Star Island
- 480pages
- 17 heures de lecture
Twenty-two-year-old pop star Cherry Pye is attempting a comeback from her latest drug-fuelled disaster. Her 'stunt double' Ann travels everywhere with her, throwing paparazzi off the scent when they get too close. But one night, Ann's resemblance to Cherry Pye proves too convincing - she is kidnapped by an obsessed paparazzo who only realises his mistake once it is too late to go back... From there it's a fast, funny and furious race against time to rescue Ann from a terrible fate. An international bestseller, acclaimed as Hiaasen's most hilarious, gripping novel to date, Star Island is an addictive read.
Skink No Surrender. Einäugige Echse, englische Ausgabe
- 240pages
- 9 heures de lecture
Typical Malley - to avoid being shipped off to boarding school, she takes off with some guy she met online. Poor Richard - he knows his cousin's in trouble before she does. Wild Skink - he's a ragged, one-eyed ex-governor of Florida, and enough of a renegade to think he can track Malley down. With Richard riding shotgun, the unlikely pair scour the state, undaunted by blinding storms, crazed pigs, flying bullets and giant gators. Carl Hiaasen first introduced readers to Skink more than 25 years ago in DOUBLE WHAMMY, and he quickly became Hiaasen's most iconic and beloved character, appearing in six novels to date. Both teens and adults will be thrilled to catch sight of the elusive 'captain' as he pursues his own unique brand of swamp justice. With Skink at the wheel, the search for a missing girl is both nail-bitingly tense and laugh-out-loud funny.
Carl Hiaasen can brighten even the darkest of days and Squeeze Me is pure, unadulterated Hiaasen. Irreverent, ingenious, and highly entertaining, it perfectly captures the absurdity of our times - and the White House.
