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Title: Shark River by Randy Wayne White ISBN: 0-425-18521-4 Publisher: Prime Crime Pub. Date: 04 June, 2002 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (29 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Doc Ford rocks on The River
Comment: Randy Wade White knows his stuff....about the ecology of Florida, the workings of the CIA...the swamp that Columbia has become and the life of those who live on or near the water in "God's Little Waiting Room." We learn a lot more about Doc's background in the CIA in this book as a well connected Washington insider, whose daughter he has saved from a hostage taking, uses Doc as bait to rid them both of a ruthless Columbian drug dealer whose brother has been turned into a paraplegic by Doc. We learn more about Tomlinson also, the self absorbed mystic who spends most of the book trying to put lead in his pencil in several humorous situations. I used to think that Carl Hiaasen was the king of this type of Florida novel. I now suspect we may have a new claimant to the throne. This book has action, intrigue, sex, information about the ecology of Florida and numerous other entertaining aspects that will make you glad you picked up this book. If this is your first experience with RWW and Doc Ford, I predict it will not be your last.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Book Mr. White!
Comment: Because I live it Florida, I enjoy most of the Florida writers, but Randy Wayne White is my favorite by far. Just finished Shark River, and it is one of my favorite Doc Ford novels. Liked it even better than Captiva, which is saying something. Highly recommended, but you may want to start with the first in the series, Sanibel Flats, and read them all.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good Enough
Comment: In SHARK RIVER Doc Ford is shot while instinctively coming to the rescue of a young woman who is almost kidnapped by some very bad guys from a Columbian drug cartel. When the FBI tries to pressure Ford into helping them solve the case he resists as usual fearing that some of his past deeds as a secret government operative may come back to haunt him. Ford is able to put off the FBI but not Harrington, the girl's influential father, who knows too much about Doc's past and one particular operation known as Sky Hook. Harrington is seeking revenge against a ruthless killer named Edgar Cordero.
The attempted kidnapping is witnessed by a visiting Bahamian lady named Ransom who tells Ford she is the daughter of his late uncle Tucker Gatrell and a sizeable inheritance in stolen gold coins awaits both of them if they can decipher Tucker's complicated instructions. Doc's hippie friend Tomlinson assists in the hunt for the hidden treasure.
I agree with some of the reviewers who have expressed disappointment in SHARK RIVER. It does not strike me as being quite on a par with THE MANGROVE COAST and NORTH OF HAVANA or some of the other entries in the Doc Ford series. It is, however, still good enough, especially if you like Florida and you are a fan of John D. MacDonald or even Ross Thomas with his tales of foreign intrigue. Randy White's Doc Ford books remind me of certain elements I used to enjoy in stories by both MacDonald and Thomas although it does seem impossible to discover truly satisfying replacements for either one of these deceased authors.
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Title: Twelve Mile Limit by Randy Wayne White ISBN: 0425190730 Publisher: Prime Crime Pub. Date: 03 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: North of Havana by Randy Wayne White ISBN: 042516294X Publisher: Prime Crime Pub. Date: May, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Mangrove Coast by Randy Wayne White ISBN: 0425171949 Publisher: Prime Crime Pub. Date: November, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Captiva by Randy Wayne White ISBN: 0425158543 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: May, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Heat Islands : A Doc Ford Novel by Randy Wayne White ISBN: 0312929773 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 February, 1993 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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