The Heat Islands: A Doc Ford Novel (Doc Ford Novels, 2) - Softcover

White, Randy Wayne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312929773 ISBN 13: 9780312929770

Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks, 1993

Synopsis

In Randy Wayne White's The Heat Islands, marine biologist and former secret operative Doc Ford is lazily poling his skiff along Southwest Florida's flat copper sea in search of sea anemones, when he runs into the body of the most hated man on Sanibel Island-Marvin Rios.

And when the Island's simplest and sweetest resident is arrested for the murder Doc heads straight into the heart of the sunshine state's dark side-to save his friend from being framed, and to save Sanibel Island from a rising tide of land-grab schemes, blood money and violence.

About this title

About the Author

Randy Wayne White, author of the Doc Ford novels (Sanibel Flats, The Heat Islands, The Man Who Invented Florida), is a columnist for Outside Magazine, the host of "On the Water," a PBS television series, and a veteran Sanibel Island fishing guide. He lives with his family in Ft. Myers, Florida.

From Kirkus Reviews

This time out, marine biologist ``Doc'' Ford (the stylish Sanibel Flats, 1990) is on hand when Marvin Rios--marina owner and spawner of the Tarpon Tournament ($80,000 first prize for biggest catch)--is found rotting in the water. When one of Doc's friends, fishing guide Jeth, is accused and seems willing, even satisfied, to die, Doc, not believing him capable of the crime, goes searching for alternatives. Helping him with his research is his spacey chum Tomlinson, who uncovers a murky, quasi-legal real-estate finagle engineered by Rios and a Florida state senator. Meanwhile, Doc concentrates on Rios's brother-in-law Frank Sutter, an inept fishing guide and a notoriously poor fisherman who, nonetheless, won the tarpon tourney. Sutter's past includes a slew of discarded lovers as well as aliases. Zeroing in on his prey, Doc and the deadly one confront each other at the home of Doc's almost-lover, nonplaying tennis pro Dewey Nye, where Doc opts for vigilante justice. Interesting love triangle (Doc, Dewey, and Dewey's best friend) and marine lab work, plus a decent mystery element, make White a comer in the hard-edged pantheon wherein Chandler, Lutz, et al. dwell. -- Copyright ©1991, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

Edition details

• Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0312929773
• ISBN 13: 9780312929770
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320