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Book Review of Skin Tight

Skin Tight
Skin Tight
Author: Carl Hiaasen
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book Type: Paperback
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Somebody wants Mick Stranahan dead. Mick is sure of this, because he just had to dispatch a pistol-packing intruder with the help of a stuffed marlin head. But who would want to hurt a former Florida state investigtor? The answer is plenty of people-as Stranahan soon finds himself acquainted with a litter of nefarious players, including a hit man whose skin problems could fill a comprehensive (if bozarre) medical testbook, a lawyer of questionable repute who advertises on billboards, and a TV show host whose taste for sensationalism is exceeded only by his vanity. The whole thing gets downright harrowing for the ex-cop in one of Hiaasen's most breattaking, madcap romps ever-where even a plastic surgeon with extremely shaky hands waits to wring Stranahan's neck....