The Heat Islands

White, Randy Wayne

ISBN 10: 0312069936 / ISBN 13: 9780312069933

Published by St. Martin's Press, 1992

About this Item

"First Edition: February 1992" stated with complete number line - 1st printing, very light soiling to edges of text block - bottom corners of boards lightly bumped, dj now enclosed in mylar wrap shows heavy edge wear with scuffing to folds - 3/8" and 11/4" tears with chipping and creasing along top edge with two 1/8" tears, several small chips and creasing along bottom edge of front panel - three 1/8" and a 5/8" tears, chips and creasing along top edge, 1" wide x 11/8" tall scuff with further 2" scratch to lower right and 3/16" tear with creasing along bottom edge of rear panel - chipping to top/bottom edges of spine - chips worn to top/bottom of folds rear/front panels to flaps - 1/4" tear to top left edge of front flap - original price intact.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Heat Islands
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312069936
• ISBN 13: 9780312069933
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

Spending his time on southwest Florida's Sanibel Island, collecting marine specimens and concentrating on his love life with tennis pro Dewey Nye, Doc Ford is drawn into a murder involving the owner of a local marina.

Reviews

Vivid descriptions of sportfishing and marine life off Florida's Sanibel Islands mix gratifyingly with the give-and-take of close-knit friends in the latest Marion "Doc" Ford tale (following Sanibel Flats ). When the body of marina owner Marvin Rios is found in the ocean after a storm, Doc's friend Jeth Nicholes is arrested. With his coterie of pals--aging hippie Tomlinson, former tennis star Dewey and another marina owner, Mac--likable marine researcher Doc attempts to piece together how Rios really died. Politics and land development are pivotal elements in this taut, suspenseful tale as White makes the lure of the sea understandable to landlubbers and presents a panoramic view of southwest Florida.
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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.