Skinny Dip

Carl Hiaasen’s stories are so involved and sometimes convoluted, you wonder how all of the sub-plots can ever be resolved. Carl always pulls things together, despite all the twists and turns. He is a great storyteller!

One of the best of Hiaasen's tragicomic South Florida capers. This time around, Hiaasen's gallery of grotesques and eccentrics includes a couple of return appearances: retired / disabled investigator and island-dwelling loner Mick Shanahan (last seen in Skin Tight) plays an important role, and even the ever-recurring Skink, former Florida governor and current Everglades-dwelling, roadkill-eating wingnut, makes a couple of... Read Full Review

My first book by Hiaasen and it won't be my last. I read this in a day and a half. It had me laughing out loud too and hard to put down. Even the poor hapless perp turned victam Chaz had a warped sense of humor. Everyone got their just desserts.

In Skinny Dip, Carl Hiassen creates incredibly complex characters with borderline-ludicrous circumstances and somehow manages to weave them into a completely believable and throughly entertaining story. Chaz Perrone is a truly despicable and yet totally un-fearsome individual. Joey Perrone is a fearless heroine, yet driven by questions of her own personal worth after her failed marriage. Mick Stranahan is a do-gooder ex-cop... Read Full Review

Carl Hiaasen's tenth foray into an irresistible blend of mirth and murder is emblematic of his previous work (Sick Puppy, Lucky You, Strip Tease, Stormy Weather, Basket Case). In other words, Skinny Dip is a doozy! Satire, suspense and laugh out loud outre characters are this author's forte - lucky for us. Reminiscent of moonlight over Miami our story opens on a cruise ship. Joey Perrone and her husband of two years,... Read Full Review