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Squeeze Me (Skink #8)

Carl Hiaasen

Start date: January 15, 2021

Finish date: February 1, 2021

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Aug 26, 2020 Debra rated it it was amazing

Shelves: audiobooks, mystery-thriller-suspense, humor

If you have ever read any of Carl Hiassen's books, you know that they are quirky mysteries including commentary on current events and the environment. This one has the death of a Palm Beach socialite and one of a group called the POTUS Pussies (couldn't mean the real life Trumpettes, could he?) Skink, the crazy ex-governor of Florida, might be expected to appear. This book is dedicated to Rob Hiassen, Carl's brother, who was killed a couple years ago when a man, furious about the FAKE NEWS, shot ...more

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Sep 07, 2020 Linda rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 2020, fiction, mystery, chcpl, humor, hardback

There were about 100 pages to finish before Skink made an appearance, but this book was still fantastic. I don't know how Hiaasen keeps all his threads from getting tangled, but he certainly uses them to weave a "what will he think of next?" story.
We have an infiltration of pythons, the disappearance of one of the wealthy potussies, a wildlife agent who has done time, her stalker, the two-timing first couple, the maintenance of a tanning bed, two small-time hoods at the beck and call of a club m ...more

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Sep 14, 2020 Sherry rated it really liked it

Four stars for funny.

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Oct 01, 2020 Kate rated it it was amazing

I really enjoyed this one. No one is better than Carl Hiaasen when it comes to writing how wonderful and totally bonkers and upsetting Florida is. And it skewers Trump. What could be better?

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