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Book Description:
Charles "Chaz" Perrone fancies himself a take-charge kind of guy. So when this "biologist by default" suspects that his curvaceous wife, Joey, has stumbled onto a profitable pollution scam he's running on behalf of Florida agribusiness mogul Red Hammernut, he sets out right away to solve the problem--by heaving Joey off the deck of a luxury cruise liner and into the Atlantic Ocean, far from Key West. But--whoops!--Joey, a former swimming champ, doesn't drown. Instead, as Carl Hiaasen tells in his 10th adult novel, Skinny Dip, she makes her way back to shore, thanks both to a wayward bale of Jamaican marijuana and lonerish ex-cop Mick Stranahan (Skin Tight, 1989), and then launches a bogus blackmail campaign that's guaranteed to drive her lazy, libidinous hubby into a self-protective frenzy.Members who requested this book also requested:
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Genres:Other Versions of this Book: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio Cassette (Abridged), Audio CD (Abridged), Audio CD, Hardcover
Top Member Reviews
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
Considering how trying to kill your wife could be funny, this book is hilarious! It reminds me a bit of Evanovich in how she has so much serious stuff going on yet adds humor; yet it's different too. I enjoyed this book a lot. you have to read it to unfold the entire mystery and how so much stuff keeps coming around and going wrong!
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2 member(s) found this review helpful.
My first Carl Haissen book and it won't be my last. This book is all about revenge and the best way to serve it. I got a big kick out of how the main character and her new beau tried to make her husband nuts, and in the end won. Lots of chuckles along with way.
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Just when you think Carl Hiassen can't get any wackier, along comes another great read!
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Fastpaced mystery that's funny too.Takes place in Fla. Keys.GREAT!
Laura H. from KIRKWOOD, MO wrote on 6/16/2008...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
An amusing summer read. Great for fun and sun by the pool, but not a great piece of literature.
Carolyn J. from WORTHINGTON, OH wrote on 12/28/2007...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Hiaasen "borrows" tidbits from real news stories and scatters them in this hilarious book about revenge. His humor is dry and sometimes a bit perverse, but his ideas are fresh and his characters are memorable. You can't go wrong with this author, whose books are always set in southern Florida.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
A fun read. Comic and eccentric characters, and a fast-moving plot
3.5 stars out of 5
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
"A screwball delight full of bright, deft, beautifully honed humor...pure reading pleasure." "Terrific - a whopping cannonball splash of fun...breakneck pace...lots of laughs and plenty of vicarious vengeance."
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Another romp through Florida. Mick Stanahaan is back after finding a blonde woman riding a bale of marijuana in the ocean. As funny aas can be and quite the mystery to boot.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
We read this book in our book club. We all found it a light hearted, funny story. It was a nice book to read, especially after reading something dark or disturbing.
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Jenny B. from ROSLYN, NY wrote on 8/25/2008...This was the first book by Carl Hiassen I read and I've been hooked ever since.
Marleen P. from BASTROP, TX wrote on 11/3/2007...Great book! One of those that you can't put down
James W. from STATEN ISLAND, NY wrote on 2/6/2006...Funny and suspenseful and the characters are awesome