Double Whammy
- 448pages
- 16 heures de lecture
'Sharp humour, energetic action, and a supporting cast of well-drawn weirdos make this one of the most imaginative, zippy and fun to read capers of the year' The Times
SkinkSéries
Cette série plonge les lecteurs dans le monde trouble de R. J. Decker, un détective privé débutant qui navigue dans les marais et les secrets de la Floride. Avec un mélange unique d'humour noir et de rythme effréné, chaque épisode révèle des affaires complexes pleines de tromperie et de danger. Préparez-vous à des rebondissements palpitants, des personnages excentriques et un voyage au cœur de la rudesse du Sud, où la survie est toujours en jeu.
Ordre de lecture recommandé
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Native Tongue
- 336pages
- 12 heures de lecture
PR man Joe Winder didn't believe the theft of the last two blue-tongued voles on Earth from a billionaire's Florida theme park. He just wrote the story. Asking questions later was his biggest mistake. Before he could say Robbie Raccoon, he was hiding out in the Everglades with a one-eyed man and gun-toting granny in pink curlers - and ready to put the skids on the craziest crime con in the history of the state... Welcome to the Amazing Kingdom of Thrills! It's classic Carl Hiaasen. And live without him would be a pale imitation. 'Tirelessly inventive screwball thriller in which valiant-for-truth PR man outfaces sexually deviant dolphin, man-eating pet whale and sub-moronic goon addicted to steroids. Aaagh!' Guardian
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Ouragan en Floride ! Fini les belles créatures et le sable fin. Les maisons s'envolent, les destins implosent et les barjos de tout poil sont à la fête. Il y en a même à qui ça donne des idées. Des idées d'arnaques, des idées de rapts, des idées de meurtres... Un ermite digne de Don Quichotte, un collectionneur de crânes, un tueur à la mine patibulaire, une jeune mariée qui a perdu son cher et tendre époux dans la tourmente. Tour à tour, ils sortent de l'ombre, de leurs vies, de leurs gonds. Que la fête commence ! Avec une verve et une truculence qui n'appartiennent qu'à lui, Carl Hiaasen - journaliste au "Miami Herald" - nous livre un nouvel épisode décapant de sa chronique des mœurs américaines. Un thriller hilarant et cinglant à souhait.
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Sick Puppy
- 513pages
- 18 heures de lecture
Independently wealthy eco-terrorist Twilly Spree teaches a flagrant litterbug a lesson--and leaves the offender's precious Range Rover swarming with hungry dung beetles. When he discovers the litterer is one of the most powerful political fixers in Florida, the real Hiaasen-style fun begins.
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Ehemaliger Reporter Jack Tagger lebt ein trostloses Leben in der Nachruf-Abteilung. Als er vom mysteriösen Tod eines Rockstars erfährt, sieht er seine Chance auf eine Titelstory, was die frisch gebackene Witwe verärgert.
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Star Island
- 480pages
- 17 heures de lecture
Twenty-two-year-old pop star Cherry Pye is attempting a comeback from her latest drug-fuelled disaster. Her 'stunt double' Ann travels everywhere with her, throwing paparazzi off the scent when they get too close. But one night, Ann's resemblance to Cherry Pye proves too convincing - she is kidnapped by an obsessed paparazzo who only realises his mistake once it is too late to go back... From there it's a fast, funny and furious race against time to rescue Ann from a terrible fate. An international bestseller, acclaimed as Hiaasen's most hilarious, gripping novel to date, Star Island is an addictive read.
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Skink--No Surrender
- 304pages
- 11 heures de lecture
Richard's cousin is missing, and his best hope of finding her rests with the wily, one-eyed, ex-governor of Florida. Carl Hiaasen introduces his iconic character Skink to a younger audience in this nail-biting adventure! A National Book Award Longlist Selection Classic Malley: her parents are about to ship her off to boarding school, so she takes off with some guy she met online... Poor Richard: he's less of a rebel than Malley, and a lot less trusting. He knows his cousin is in trouble before she does. Wild Skink: he's a ragged, one-eyed, ex-governor of Florida, and enough of a renegade to think he can track Malley down. With Richard riding shotgun, this unlikely pair scour the state, undaunted by blinding storms, crazed pigs, flying bullets, and giant gators. In Carl Hiaasen's outrageous, hilarious, and wildly dangerous state of Florida, there are a million places an outlaw might stash a teenage girl. A million unpleasant ways to die. And two who will risk everything to rescue a friend . . . and to, hopefully, exact a bit of swamp justice.
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Carl Hiaasen can brighten even the darkest of days and Squeeze Me is pure, unadulterated Hiaasen. Irreverent, ingenious, and highly entertaining, it perfectly captures the absurdity of our times - and the White House.
