by Tim Dorsey
Part of Serge Storms, book 8
First published 2007
Serge A. Storms has shelved his wedding plans and latched onto a new obsession. The Florida-obsessed serial killer wants Hollywood studios to relocate their operations to his cherished home state. He packs up Coleman, his drug-addled companion, and heads west to Los Angeles. There they dive into the seedy world of Tinseltown, mingling with cocaine-fueled producers and visiting Japanese gangsters. Everyone is scrambling to save a catastrophically expensive movie that threatens to become cinema's biggest financial disaster. Serge sees opportunity in the chaos. While he pitches Florida as the perfect filming destination, he also plans to thin out Hollywood's most despicable residents through his signature brand of vigilante justice. The story follows Serge as he navigates the corrupt entertainment industry, balancing his promotional mission with his homicidal impulses in a city built on artifice and greed.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, action, comedy
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: dark-humor, vigilante-justice
Setting: Florida, Los Angeles, Tinseltown
Period: 21st-century
367 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Harper
Content warnings: graphic-violence