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by Carl Hiaasen, Stephen Hoye | Literature & Fiction
Registered by sarradee of Dallas, Texas USA on Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Average 8 star rating by BookCrossing Members 

status (set by AceofHearts): available


5 journalers for this copy...

Journal Entry 1 by sarradee from Dallas, Texas USA on Tuesday, October 24, 2006

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Publisher's Summary

When Chaz Perron's wife discovers that he is running a scam (posing as a marine biologist to doctor water samples so that an agribusiness tycoon can continue illegally dumping fertilizer into the Everglades), he pushes her overboard from a cruise liner. Unlucky for Chaz, Joey survives clutching a bale of Jamaican pot. Rescued from the Atlantic by a former police officer, Mick Stranahan, she decides not to report him but instead haunt and taunt him, with Mick's help, by playing dead. As a result, Chaz becomes increasingly erratic and inept, a fact noticed by his ruthless and cold-blooded coworkers. Also, the six-time-married Mick rediscovers the thwarted romantic in him, believing that the seventh time might be the charm. 

Journal Entry 2 by sarradee from Dallas, Texas USA on Tuesday, October 24, 2006

This book has not been rated.

Listened to this one in the car a while back. I found Hiaasen hilarious as I nearly always do. The story was his typical environmental thriller laced liberally with intentionally humourous plot devices.

Reserved for the Book Relay audio bookbox.

11/29/06 - Mailed to shaunesay who picked it out of the Relayer's audio bookbox. Hope you enjoy. 

Journal Entry 3 by wingshaunesaywing from Olathe, Kansas USA on Thursday, February 01, 2007

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Eek! I forgot to journal! I'm sorry!

Listening to it now, and it's great! I'm going to have to find more of his books, and the reader on this one is very good!

Offering up in the Audio VBB this round :)
 

Journal Entry 4 by wingshaunesaywing from Olathe, Kansas USA on Friday, February 23, 2007

This book has not been rated.

I'll definitely have to find more Hiaasen books, I really enjoyed this one! Going to Catwoman next, who picked it out of the Audio VBB, Enjoy!
 

Journal Entry 5 by Catwoman from Sherwood Park, Alberta Canada on Tuesday, March 06, 2007

This book has not been rated.

Received in the mail today. Thanks for sharing this audio book with me. 

Journal Entry 6 by Catwoman from Sherwood Park, Alberta Canada on Thursday, May 29, 2008

9 out of 10

Loved it! I especially enjoyed the author's wit - are all his books like this? The narrator did a great job as well. 

Journal Entry 7 by Catwoman at by mail, a fellow bookcrosser -- Controlled Releases on Saturday, September 27, 2008

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Released 3 yrs ago (9/27/2008 UTC) at by mail, a fellow bookcrosser -- Controlled Releases

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Mailed to mellion108 today. 

Journal Entry 8 by wingmellion108wing from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan USA on Friday, October 17, 2008

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The book is here! The book is here! Thanks so much, Catwoman—and I love the Happy Birthday Canada postcard, too. :)

Unabridged, 12 CDs, audible.com download, approximately 13.5 hours, read by Stephen Hoye

Synopsis:
Chaz 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 hilarious, full-throttle, pure Hiaasen ride through the warped politics and mayhem of the human environment, and the human heart.  

Journal Entry 9 by wingmellion108wing at Bloomfield Hills, Michigan USA on Sunday, July 11, 2010

7 out of 10

This was a funny little tale. Silly at times, but that's to be expected of Hiaasen. I love all these series of books with quirky characters in Florida. I can almost hear the surf...

This is a great read for the summer. I almost wish I had read it in paper form while lounging on my deck in the hot sun, but the audio was a lot of fun. This isn't a complex plot, so no major brain power has to be devoted to the reading. A book like this is a great change of pace on occasion.

Sending this out to Ace, who chose it on the Audio VBB. Hope you enjoy it! 

Journal Entry 10 by wingmellion108wing at Bloomfield Hills, Michigan USA on Wednesday, July 14, 2010

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UPDATE: Book mailed to Ace on Monday, July 12 

Journal Entry 11 by AceofHearts at Mississauga, Ontario Canada on Sunday, July 18, 2010

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received in the mail. Thanks!! 

Journal Entry 12 by AceofHearts at Mississauga, Ontario Canada on Sunday, September 11, 2011

8 out of 10

My father listened to this and thought it was very good 



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