Nobody is better - heck, nobody's as good as - Hiaasen when he hits his mark, and he is right on the money here, as outraged by excess as a holy roller at a crapshoot, and twice as amusing. Knopf 352 pages $25), an environmental tale of greed and gumption in Florida. One can only hope.Ĭarl Hiaasen is back in rare form in his latest novel, SICK PUPPY ( Alfred A. It's difficult to imagine why this book wasn't snatched up by a larger house, but perhaps that's a fate that awaits the delicious Mr. And thanks to Coggins' tight pacing and well- thought-out plot, the book never loses its white-knuckled grip on reality, even as it bottom-trolls through parts of town that definitely aren't on the official site list.
"The Immortal Game" is a panoramic tour de force conducted by the enjoyably jaded Riordan, a detective both deadpan and boyish, a strangely San Francisco combination. Riordan's excursions take him from S&M clubs to East Palo Alto and back, with stops in some mansions and some single-room-occupancy hotels along the way.
Part of the pleasure of Coggins' book is that it's well-grounded in the San Francisco familiar to those who know the city, and not in the fog-shrouded landscape of tourist brochures.
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