When Lane Coolman's Car Is Bashed From Behind On The Road To The Florida Keys, What Appears To Be An Innocent Accident Is Anything But (this Is Hiaasen!). Behind The Wheel Of The Offending Car Is Merry Mansfield--the Eponymous Razor Girl--so Named For Her Unique, Eye-popping Addition To What Might Be An Otherwise Unexciting Scam. But, Of Course--this Is Hiaasen!--the Scam Is Only The Very Beginning Of A Situation That's Going To Spiral Crazily Out Of Control While Gathering In Some Of The Wildest Characters Hiaasen Has Ever Set Loose On The Page. There's The Owner Of Sedimental Journey--the Company That Steals Sand From One Beach To Restore Erosion On Another...dominick Big Noogie Aeola, The Nyc Mafia Capo With A Taste For The Pinkest Of Sands...zeto, The Small-time Hustler Who Gets Electrocuted Trying To Charge A Tesla...nance Buck, Native Wisconsinite Who's Nonetheless The Star Of The Red Neck Reality Tv Show, Bayou Brethren...a Psycho Who Goes By The Name Of Blister And Who's More Nance Buck Than Buck Could Ever Be...the Multimillionaire Product Liability Lawyer Who's Getting Dangerously--and Deformingly--hooked On The Very Product He's Litigating Against...and Andrew Yancy--formerly Detective Yancy, Busted To Key West Roach Patrol After He Beat Up His Then-lover's Husband With A Dustbuster--who's Convinced That If He Can Just Solve One More Murder On His Own, He'll Get His Detective Badge Back. That The Razor Girl May Be The Key To His Success In This Deeply Ill-considered Endeavor Will Be As Surprising To Him As Anything Else He Encounters Along The Way--including The Nine-pound Gambian Pouched Rats Getting Very Used To The Good Life In The Keys... --

Architect Chris Meadows has the bad luck to see an old girlfriend get hit by a car full of drugland hitmen. He has the worse luck to see the face of her murderers. Because in a town as violent as Miami, a witness doesn't stand a chance—especially when the cops who ought to be protecting him are more interested in dangling him as live bait.Newgate Callendar[An] expertly plotted novel. -- The New York Times Book Review

An  American investigating his mentor's murder finds himself ensnared in a web of lies and treachery in China, where even tomorrow's weather is a state secret.  From a nightmarish interrogation to assassination by cobra, A Death in China takes readers on a trip with no rest stops through a world of claustrophobic mistrust and terrifying danger.

Take a trip to exotic South Florida with this dark, funny book that established Carl Hiaasen as one of the top mystery writers in the game.The first sign of trouble is a Shriner's fez washed up on a Miami beach. The next is a suitcase containing the almost-legless body of the local chamber of commerce president found floating in a canal...The locals are desperate to keep the murders under wraps and the tourist money flowing. But it will take a reporter-turned–private eye to make sense of a caper that mixes football players, politicians, and one very hungry crocodile in this classic mystery that GQ called “one of the top ten destination reads of all time.”

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.Publishers WeeklyHiassen sends his reluctant journalist hero after a morally corrupt real estate developer in this scattershot but inventive entertainment. ( Nov. )

A Florida woman wins millions in the lottery only to have her ticket stolen.Staff NewsdaySophisticated...never less than completely entertaining.

When Palmer Stoat notices the black pickup truck following him on the highway, he fears his precious Range Rover is about to be carjacked. But Twilly Spree, the man tailing Stoat, has vengeance, not sport-utility vehicles, on his mind.Wall Street Journal - Tom NolanLess romantic and more eccentric is Carl Hiassen's grotesquely amusing Sick Puppy Fans will not be disappointed.

This Newbery Honor winner and #1 New York Times bestseller is a beloved modern classic. Hoot features a new kid and his new bully, alligators, some burrowing owls, a renegade eco-avenger, and several extremely poisonous snakes.Everybody loves Mother Paula's pancakes. Everybody, that is, except the colony of cute but endangered owls that live on the building site of the new restaurant. Can the awkward new kid and his feral friend prank the pancake people out of town? Or is the owls' fate cemented in pancake batter?Welcome to Carl Hiaasen's Florida—where the creatures are wild and the people are wilder!

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Take a hilarious ride through the warped politics and mayhem of the human environment, and the human heart, in this "screwball delight so full of bright, deft, beautifully honed humor.... You'd follow [Hiaasen] anywhere." —The New York TimesChaz Perrone might be the only marine scientist in the world who doesn’t know which way the Gulf Stream runs. He might also be the only one who went into biology just to make a killing, and now he’s found a way–doctoring water samples so that a ruthless agribusiness tycoon can continue illegally dumping fertilizer into the endangered Everglades. When Chaz suspects that his wife, Joey, has figured out his scam, he pushes her overboard from a cruise liner into the night-dark Atlantic. Unfortunately for Chaz, his wife doesn’t die in the fall.Clinging blindly to a bale of Jamaican pot, Joey Perrone is plucked from the ocean by former cop and current loner Mick Stranahan. Instead of rushing to the police and reporting her husband’s crime, Joey decides to stay dead and (with Mick’s help) screw with Chaz until he screws himself.As Joey haunts and taunts her homicidal husband, as Chaz’s cold-blooded cohorts in pollution grow uneasy about his ineptitude and increasingly erratic behavior, as Mick Stranahan discovers that six failed marriages and years of island solitude haven’t killed the reckless romantic in him, we’re taken on a full-throttle, pure Hiaasen ride.

You know it's going to be a rough summer when you spend Father's Day visiting your dad in the local lockup. Noah's dad is sure that the owner of the Coral Queen casino boat is flushing raw sewage into the harbor -- which has made taking a dip at the local beach like swimming in a toilet. He can't prove it though, and so he decides that sinking the boat will make an effective statement. Right. The boat is pumped out and back in business within days and Noah's dad is stuck in the clink. Now Noah is determined to succeed where his dad failed. He will prove that the Coral Queen is dumping illegally...somehow. His allies may not add up to much -- his sister Abbey, an unreformed childhood biter; Lice Peeking, a greedy sot with poor hygiene; Shelly, a bartender and a woman scorned; and a mysterious pirate -- but Noah's got a plan to flush this crook out into the open. A plan that should sink the crooked little casino, once and for all.Publishers WeeklyHow does Hiaasen follow up his page-turning novel about saving owls in Florida (Hoot)? With a second fast-paced story featuring an environmental theme-this time about ocean pollutants harming turtles' habitats (and the surroundings in general) in the Florida Keys. Welch (TV's Joan of Arcadia) has a compelling, snappy delivery suited to 11-year-old Noah's personality; he's a clever kid who wants to set things right, even when it pits him against shady characters and the local bully. Noah is exasperated over his father's arrest for sinking a casino boat that the man believes is flushing sewage into the ocean. The boy also knows that proving his dad's suspicions could go a long way toward healing his strained family and saving the ocean. Welch handily captures Noah's moods, though not even he can make eccentrics such as Lice Peeking and his burly bartending girlfriend Shelly likable at the outset (they grow on listeners, however). Those who couldn't get enough of Hiaasen's last outing will find plenty to hoot about in this solid recording. Ages 10-up. (Sept.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

When The Difficult Star Of The Reality Television Show Expedition Survival Disappears While Filming An Episode In The Florida Everglades Using Animals From The Wildlife Refuge Run By Wahoo Crane's Family, Wahoo And Classmate Tuna Gordon Set Out To Find Him While Avoiding Tuna's Gun-happy Father.

From The Legendary Author Of Bad Monkey, Star Island, And Nature Girl Comes His New Full-tilt, Razor-sharp, Unstoppably Hilarious And Entertaining Novel Filled With The Zany, Raunchy, Irresistible Fun His Fans Never Stop Craving. Tall Premium Edition.

Snakes, Grizzlies, A Missing Dad, A Menacing Drone... Carl Hiaasen Delivers A Wickledly Funny, Slightly Subversive Tale In His Latest New York Times Bestseller. Some Facts About Billy Dickens: * He Once Saw A Biker Swerve Across The Road In Order To Run Over A Snake. * Later, That Motorcycle Somehow Ended Up At The Bottom Of A Canal. * Billy Isn't The Type To Let Things Go. Some Facts About Billy's Family: * They've Lived In Six Different Florida Towns Because Billy's Mom Insists On Getting A House Near A Bald Eagle Nest. * Billy's Dad Left When He Was Four And Is A Total Mystery. * Billy Has Just Found His Dad's Address--in Montana. This Summer, Billy Will Fly Across The Country, Hike A Mountain, Float A River, Dodge A Grizzly Bear, Shoot Down A Spy Drone, Save A Neighbor's Cat, Save An Endangered Panther, And Then Try To Save His Own Father.

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • A hilarious novel of social and political intrigue, set against the glittering backdrop of Florida’s gold coast, from the author of Skinny Dip and Razor Girl\\n“If you could use some wild escapism right now, Hiaasen is your guy.” —The New York Times\\nWITH A NEW EPILOGUE\\nAt the height of Palm Beach’s charity ball season, Kiki Pew Fitzsimmons, a prominent member of geriatric high society, suddenly vanishes during a swank gala. Kiki Pew was a founding member of the Potussies, a group of women dedicated to supporting the President, who spends half the year at the “Winter White House” just down the road. Meanwhile, Angie Armstrong, wildlife wrangler extraordinaire, is called to the island to deal with a monster-sized Burmese python that has taken residency in a tree. But the President is focused on the disappearance of Kiki Pew. Never one to miss an opportunity to play to his base, he immediately declares her a victim of rampaging immigrant hordes. This, it turns out, is far from the truth, which now lies in the middle of the road, where a bizarre discovery brings the First Lady’s motorcade to a grinding halt. Irreverent, ingenious, and uproariously entertaining, Squeeze Me perfectly captures the absurdity of our times.\\nAmazon.com Review\\nEditors' pick: One of the joys of Hiaasen is how he uses silly, broad humor to distract from the sly, sharp humor dotted throughout."—Vannessa Cronin, Amazon Editor

In South Florida, everyone wants to get a head. But not just any head. A very famous human head—severed and snugged away in a cryonic container. A head that could spark a revolution and change the course of history.Everybody wants a piece of the noggin: rotund gangster Big Joey G., a 102-year-old environmentalist, hard-boiled Miami reporter Britt Montero, lawyer Jake Lassiter,  and a would-be dictator in exile—with ex-president Jimmy Carter and a lovable manatee named Booger thrown in for good measure.With bodies piling up it's anybody's guess what will happen from one chapter to the next, as an all-star line-up of Florida's finest writers take turns at taking this outrageously original novel to the limit—and beyond.Publishers WeeklyIn late 1995, this highly entertaining mystery novel was serialized for 13 weeks in the Miami Herald's Tropic magazine. Each chapter is written by an author with South Florida connectionsDin order, Dave Barry, Les Standiford, Paul Levine, Edna Buchanan, James W. Hall, Carolina Hospital, Evelyn Mayerson, Tananarive Due, Brian Antoni, Vicki Hendricks, John Dufresne, Elmore Leonard and Carl Hiaasen. The convoluted plot involves an astonishing number of characters, coincidences, murders and Fidel Castro headsDwith and without bodies attached. Also featured is a 102-year-old woman who swims naked in Biscayne Bay with Booger, a manatee who may be the most sensitive and intelligent character here. In the chapter written by Dufresne, Booger gloomily considers the "November in my soul" during a marvelously introspective manatee soliloquy. Mystery fans will enjoy the interplay between familiar characters like Buchanan's Miami News crime reporter Britt Montero, Levine's brawny lawyer Jake Lassiter and Standiford's building contractor-turned-sleuth John Deal. The story is less important than the pleasures to be gleaned from observing very good writers at play, penning their sardonic love letter to Miami and its environs. The writers maintain a comic, whimsical pace throughout, and Hiaasen feverishly ties up loose ends in a final chapter like a department-store gift wrapper during Christmas rush. A successful experiment in the art of absurdity, this bookDinspired in concept and title by the round-robin novel Naked Came the Stranger (1969), allegedly by "Penelope Ashe" but revealed as the handiwork of 25 Newsday editors and reportersDshould be read for the pure fun of it. 100,000 first printing; major ad/ promo; author tours. (Feb.) FYI: The authors' profits will be donated to charity.

The best-selling author Carl Hiaasen takes the reins for the eleventh edition of this series, featuring twenty of the past year’s most distinguished tales of mystery, crime, and suspense. Laura Lippman introduces us to a suburban soccer mom who moonlights as a call girl and who has a fateful encounter with a former client at her son’s soccer game. Ridley Pearson traces a famous author of horror tales who becomes trapped in a real one after his wife vanishes while jogging. Joyce Carol Oates travels to a New Jersey racetrack where the animals that break down are of the two-legged type. Lawrence Block tells the story of Keller, a hitman for hire who happens to live in Greenwich Village, loves spicy food, and collects stamps as a hobby. And Scott Wolven plunges us into the world of an ex-con who takes a job at a private and very illegal Nevada racetrack where each day millions are won and lost. Mostly lost. As Carl Hiaasen notes in his introduction, “The stories in this collection would do honor to any anthology of short literature. More than transcending the genre of crime, they blow away its nebulous boundaries.” The Best American Mystery Stories 2007 is a powerful collection certain to delight mystery aficionados and all lovers of great fiction.