(read by Barry Bostick)

From Amazon review: 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, and then launches a bogus blackmail campaign that's guaranteed to drive her lazy, libidinous hubby into a self-protective frenzy.

You've got to hand it to Hiaasen: He's perfected a formula for crisply written, satirical crime fiction that makes the best use of imaginatively repulsive villains, as well as less thoroughly venal scoundrels and victims who ultimately overcome their antagonists, all while stumping for the preservation of Florida's environment, particularly the Everglades. In Skinny Dip, we find Chaz (who'd rather be golfing than puttering around the "hot, buggy, funky-smelling and treacherous" reaches of nature) falsifying water samples to help Hammernut turn the 'Glades into "God’s septic tank." That scheme, though, is endangered not just by Joey's sudden disappearance, but by the suspicions of a python-loving police detective and Chaz's own outstanding inability to tame his Viagra-enhanced tumescence. Even by assigning Chaz a baby-sitter--the hulking, hirsute, and painkiller-addicted Tool--Hammernut can't keep his pet biologist out of trouble. As Joey and Stranahan unfold their revenge plot, and Tool's conscience grows in competition with Chaz's ego, the reader can only marvel at the extent of the train wreck ahead.

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My thoughts: This was just plain good old fun to listen to. I really like Hiaasen's work and Bostwick does an excellent job of the reading. A little predictable, but lots of fun.

Thanks for that book. I will hear it in my car and make a journal then.

24.11.05:
Nice story. I think, I will offer it at the next meetup !

RELEASE NOTES:

It´s on it´s way to ink-heart !

Thanks for the trade, Ikopiko. I'm really looking forward to listening to this because I've heard so many enthusiastic comments on Hiaasen's books but have actually never read one of them.

Well, I liked it. It took me some minutes to get used to listening to (and understanding) the speaker, but then it was really fast-paced, funny and rather off-key. So many murders but only one body. :oD I think I'll read more of Hiaasen's books as soon as possible.

I would like this audio book to be a book ring - that is, after my holidays and some other things that are first in line. Thank you again to Ikopiko and Firegirl for providing these highly entertaining MCs.

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