Double Whammy

by Carl Hiaasen

Overview

“Follow the adventures of a news-photographer-turned-private-eye as he seeks truth, justice, and an affair with his ex-wife” (The New York Times) in this hilarious caper from bestselling author Carl Hiaasen.

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781101436646
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	01/15/1988
Series:	Skink Series , #1
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	391
Sales rank:	12,752
File size:	655 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Carl Hiaasen is a syndicated columnist for The Miami Herald and the author of many bestselling novels, including Razor Girl, Bad Monkey, Sick Puppy, Lucky You, Strip Tease, and Tourist Season. He lives in Florida with his family.

Hometown:

Tavernier, Florida

Place of Birth:

South Florida

Education:

Emory University; B.A., University of Florida, 1974

Editorial Reviews

"[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

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