by Tim Dorsey
Part of Serge Storms, book 11
First published 2009
Serge loves Florida more than anyone should love a state. When mainstream travel websites reject his unconventional tourism advice, he creates his own blog to showcase the real Florida. He drives down the coast with Coleman, his permanently drunk companion, posting about murder methods and vacation survival tips. Agent Mahoney spots Serge's online activity and begins tracking him. Professional thieves start robbing trade show vendors while rare postcard collectors turn up dead. Serge arms himself at Home Depot and visits NASCAR superstores. The chaos spreads to include tutored strippers, feuding stamp collectors, an astronaut in diapers, and diamonds of mysterious origin. Bodies accumulate around tattoo parlors and shark cages. Serge must claim his favorite Robert De Niro themed bar stool while dodging federal agents and solving the postcard murders. The trail leads through historically significant locations, bloody crime scenes, and a connection to Lynyrd Skynyrd that explains everything.
Genres: adventure, mystery, crime, action
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, whimsical
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Florida, NASCAR
Period: 21st-century
320 pages · Hardcover · William Morrow
Content warnings: violence