by Carl Hiaasen
Andrew Yancy--late of the Miami Police, soon-to-be-late of
the Key West Police--has a human arm in his freezer. There's a logical
(Hiaasenian) explanation for that, but not for how and why it parted from its
owner. Yancy thinks the boating-accident/shark-luncheon explanation is full of
holes, and if he can prove murder, his commander might relieve him of Health
Inspector duties, aka Roach Patrol. But first Yancy will negotiate an
ever-surprising course of events--from the Keys to Miami to a Bahamian out
island--with a crew of equally ever-surprising characters, including: the
twitchy widow of the frozen arm; an avariciously idiotic real estate developer;
a voodoo witch whose lovers are blinded-unto-death by her particularly peculiar
charms; Yancy's new love, a kinky medical examiner; and the eponymous Bad
Monkey, who earns his place among Hiaasen's greatest characters with
hilariously wicked aplomb.
(summary retrieved from goodreads.com)
I haven't read a book by Hiaasen I haven't loved, and this is no exception. It was a perfect mixture of hilarious, gross, mysterious, exciting, and lots of other adjectives that I'm not awake enough to think of. Any book by him, JUST READ IT.
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