by Tim Dorsey
Part of Serge Storms, book 13
First published 2011
Serge Storms has scattered bodies across Florida for over ten years, and now the authorities have noticed. A police task force hunts the thermonuclear vigilante as he launches his latest scheme with perpetually stoned sidekick Coleman. Serge revives his travel website with a twisted angle: experience Florida as a fugitive. He blogs their escape route through remote bayous and back roads while corpses pile up like website hits. The chase intensifies as bizarre mysteries multiply. Naked women appear in swamp photographs. Coleman draws on his face with markers. A cruise ship imprisons drunk passengers. A Civil War reenactment involves a sports car. Meanwhile, someone has wiped out his grandfather's Miami Beach gang, and Serge suspects foul play. He weaves everything into his Secret Master Plan while pursuing his newest obsession: Al Capone's forgotten Everglades adventures. As police close in, Serge drives toward the deepest parts of Florida to solve the mysteries that matter most to him.
Genres: adventure, mystery, crime, thriller, action
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: cat-and-mouse, dark-humor, vigilante
Setting: Everglades, Florida, Miami Beach
Period: Contemporary
357 pages · Hardcover · William Morrow
Content warnings: graphic-violence, murder