Suspense runs high in this powerful novel. Randy Wayne White is great!
doc ford returns to his stilt house to find aold friend and onetime lover wating for him.her real estate developer husband has disappeared and been pronounced dead and shes sure there worse to follow.an doc follows it into the everglades
Another great Doc Ford story! Highly Recommend!
When a former girlfriend shows up on his doorstep, Doc Ford is a little confused since she is now married. It turns out that her husband has vanished and she wants Doc's help in finding him. As the investigation stretches deep into the Everglades, Doc uncovers more and more sinister plots and people on his quest for closure and, if need be, justice.
Tenth book in the Doc Ford series.
This 10th novel in the series featuring ex-CIA spook turned marine biologist Doc Ford (Twelve Mile Limit, etc.), finds Doc wallowing deep in his own doldrums. Out of shape, overweight, depressed and drinking heavily to escape from his turbulent past, Doc gets a surprise visit from Sally Minster, a former lover, whose real estate developer hubby, Geoff, is reported to have been drowned in a boating accident off Bimini six months ago. Soon to inherit his estate, Sally is being followed by an insurance investigator who may have evidence her husband is still alive. Accompanied by his hippie Zen master pal, Sighurdhr Tomlinson, Doc follows the insurance investigator deep into the Everglades, where Geoff turns out to have been in cahoots with a phony guru, Bhagwan Shiva, founder of the International Church of Ashram Meditation Inc. Geoff helped him build one of his new "theme" ashrams to attract rich South Floridians and jet setters, destroying precious Everglades forest in the process. The Bhagwan and his henchman, Izzy Kline, a Mossad-trained former Israeli soldier, are plotting to engineer a series of explosions, enacting the mythic Seminole Chief Tecumseh's earthquake prophecy of 1811. Free-love religious cults, ecological destruction, murder and kidnapping propel Doc and his band of quirky Florida Gulf Coast beach denizens on a dizzying airboat race across the Everglades, where Doc battles his own demons when he's not battling a real live bull shark. The busy plot gets a bit ragged in places, but while it's not White's career best, this satisfying, madcap fare could well go seismic on the regional bestseller lists.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY REVIEW
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY REVIEW
Very enjoyable as all of his are! This one has particularly interesting facts about the history of Florida and the Everglades.
I very much enjoyed this book~
Doc Ford returns to his stilt house on Dinkin's Bay to find an old friend and onetime lover waiting for him. Her real-estate developer husband has disappeared and been pronounced dead. She's sure there's worse to follow-and she's right. Ford follows the trail deep into the Everglades, where a shady character and his get rich quick scheme are about to put both of their lives on the endangered list.
A mystery set in the Everglades. Interesting place!
Gripping story--first I've read by this author, but not the last, for sure.
One of Randy White's best novels. A thriller.
Another great novel by the heir apparent to John D. MacDonald.
