Hall, James W.

Tropical Freeze [Book 2 of the Thorn Series. Florida Keys]

New York: W. W. Norton & Co Inc., 1989. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket.

No Flaws or Blemishes but minor age spots on text-block; Still Gift Quality, First Edition; First Printing; Full Number Line. Unopened, Unread

Fast, cinematic scene-shifting, garish gallows humor and James Hall nails the Florida Keys.

Fisherman Thorn, first seen in the well-received Under Cover of Daylight , is getting his life together slowly, rebuilding his house in the Florida Keys and supporting himself by making fishing lures.

When his boyhood friend, ex-FBI agent Gaeton Richards, disappears, his sister Darcy enlists Thorn in a campaign to nail Gaeton's boss, Benny Cousins, the not-quite-respectable head of a multinational rent-a-cop business who is determined to become a force in local "conch" affairs. But little is what it seems: Thorn and Darcy find themselves up against not only Benny but also violent, Florida cracker Ozzie, who lusts for Darcy and works for Papa John, local "character" and scam-master--and Benny's nasty racket may be protected by the Feds.

Item #004412
ISBN: 0393026949

Price: $19.95