Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights highly anticipated upcoming releases.
The upcoming release I can’t wait for is:
Title: Razor Girl
Author: Carl Hiaasen
Genre: Fiction/Mystery
Publisher: Knopf
Publication Date: 6th September 2016
When Lane Coolman’s car is bashed from behind on the road to the Florida Keys, what appears to be an ordinary accident is anything but (this is Hiaasen!). Behind the wheel of the other car is Merry Mansfield–the eponymous Razor Girl–and the crash scam is only the beginning of events that spiral crazily out of control while unleashing some of the wildest characters Hiaasen has ever set loose on the page. There’s Trebeaux, the owner of Sedimental Journeys–a company that steals sand from one beach to restore erosion on another . . . Dominick “Big Noogie” Aeola, a NYC mafia capo with a taste for tropic-wear . . . Buck Nance, a Wisconsin accordionist who has rebranded himself as the star of a redneck reality show called Bayou Brethren . . . a street psycho known as Blister who’s more Buck Nance than Buck could ever be . . . Brock Richardson, a Miami product-liability lawyer who’s getting dangerously–and deformingly–hooked on the very E.D. product he’s litigating against . . . and Andrew Yancy–formerly Detective Yancy, busted down to the Key West roach patrol after accosting his then-lover’s husband with a Dust Buster. Yancy believes that if he can singlehandedly solve a high-profile murder, he’ll get his detective badge back. That the Razor Girl may be the key to Yancy’s future will be as surprising as anything else he encounters along the way–including the giant Gambian rats that are livening up his restaurant inspections.
I’ve not read a Carl Hiaasen book in a while, so I’m looking forward to this new one. It sounds as crazy as all of his other books, so hopefully it will be an enjoyable read. It’s out next month, so not long to wait.
Never read any of Hiaasen books, but this one seems to be so crazy that I just need to check it out.
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He’s a really good writer and very funny. The situations his characters get into are hilarious. This one is more for adults, but he writes for younger readers too. 🙂
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Luckly, I’m old enough to read books for adults 😉
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I love the crazy way this one sounds. Never read one of his books before though so this will be my first!
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Great pick. This is the first that I’ve heard of this novel but it sounds interesting.
Krystianna @ Downright Dystopian
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