Tropic of stupid

Tropic of stupid

Tim Dorsey

Book - 2021

"Devoted Floridaphile Serge Storms is a lover of history, so he's decided to investigate his own using one of those DNA services from late-night TV. Excited to construct a family tree, he and Coleman hit the road to meet his kin. Along the way, he plans to introduce Coleman to the Sunshine State's beautiful parks where he can brush up on his flora, fauna, and wildlife, and more importantly, collect the missing stamps for his park passport book. But as the old saying goes, the apple doesn't fall far . . . Serge is thrilled to discover he may be related to a notorious serial killer who's terrorized the state for twenty years and never been caught. Which one of his newfound relatives will be the one to help him hunt d...own this deranged maniac? Serge doesn't know that a dogged investigator from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement is also hot on the trail.Then Serge meets a park ranger who's also longing to make a family re-connection. But all is not as it appears on the surface, and Serge's newfound friendship in the mysterious swamps of Florida may lead to deadly results.Finding his own relatives has made Serge understand the importance of family. Of course he'll do anything to help . . . "--Publisher.

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Storms, Serge > (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Private investigators > Florida > Fiction.
Automobile travel > Fiction.
Florida > Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Humorous fiction.
Genres
Detective and mystery fiction
Humorous fiction
Published
New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers [2021]
Language
English
Main Author
Tim Dorsey (author)
Edition
First edition
Item Description
Series information from Amazon.com.
Sequel to: Naked came the Florida man.
Physical Description
355 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN
9780062967503
Contents unavailable.
Review by Booklist Review

Cheerful serial killer and Florida-history buff Serge Storms continues his eccentric tour of Florida's places of interest (to him, anyway), accompanied by his constant companion, Coleman. This time, Serge is also looking for long-lost relatives; imagine his surprise when he discovers that one of those relatives may also be a serial killer, on the loose for 20 years. Meanwhile, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement is tracking the killer, too. The stage is set for mayhem, but will Serge emerge unscathed yet again? The first novel in this hugely entertaining series, Florida Roadkill, was published in 1999, and it's been one delightful adventure after another. Storms is a wonderful character, a man with a can-do attitude and, well, a unique sense of retribution. You can't help liking the guy: he is, by all objective standards, a dangerously insane psychopath, but to Serge, it's the rest of the world that's crazy, while he's merely a misunderstood crusader for law and order. A new Dorsey novel is always a cause for celebration among readers who like their heroes more than a little bent.

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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Bestseller Dorsey breezes through his 24th comic novel featuring serial killer Serge A. Storms (after 2020's Naked Came the Florida Man), mixing the slapstick humor of the Three Stooges with Sunshine State details that would make a Florida history professor envious. Serge, who has an encyclopedic knowledge of Florida, wants to know more about his own background. So, he buys a DNA service advertised on TV to construct a family tree. Serge and his perpetually stoned friend, Coleman, cruise Florida, meeting far-flung relatives while deciding what to do with the string of guys tied up in their car's trunk. Along the way, Serge, who only kills those he deems deserving (such as those who swindle the vulnerable or disrespect Florida lore), realizes that one of his kin may also be a serial killer. As Serge holds forth on Florida's flora, fauna, parks, and the glories of the TV show Sea Hunt, he crosses paths with a Florida Department of Law Enforcement agent investigating serial killers and a predatory lawyer. Though Dorsey lacks Carl Hiaasen's sophistication, he succeeds amid the pratfalls in making Serge a hero. Agent: Nat Sobel, Sobel Weber Assoc. (Jan.)

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Review by Library Journal Review

Eager to trace his Florida roots, Serge Storms takes one of those DNA tests frequently advertised on TV and heads out with friend Coleman to meet long-lost family, armed with the knowledge that he might be related to a nasty serial killer who has never been caught. Will his family help him find the culprit? And is that park ranger also looking for family connections too good to be true? With a 75,000-copy first printing.

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