Skin Tight (1989)

by Carl Hiaasen

Series: Mick Stranahan (1)

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This is a slightly more outrageous and bizarre Hiaasen, which is saying something - still fun to go along for the ride, but without that touch of humanity he brings to his better books. (

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NellieMc | Apr 8, 2013 |

Sort of jolly romp meets thriller. Mick Stranahan is a parody f many detectives. Rudy, the plastic surgeon, is as evil as it gets. Chemo is the mis-understood hit-man. All set in the Florida sunshine. (

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Tifi | Nov 5, 2012 |

I find Carl H a good writer for those moments when I want something amusing but undemanding. This fulfils those criteria. (

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Goldengrove | Feb 17, 2012 |

Totally unlikely story of a fraudulent and incompetent plastic surgeon who is being investigated for a patient he killed. A nearly 7' hit man tries to kill the investigator and ends up with no hand and a weed whip as a prosthesis. TV shock journalist involved and a nearly as fraudulent and incompetent lawyer injured while feeling up another victim of the surgeon (hard augmented boobs). Couple victims end up in a wood chipper. Al Garcia (carried over from Double Whammy--is he in others?) plays a role. The (ex-U.S. Attorney) investigator not as fun a character as Skink. Skillfully written and entertaining, but come on! (

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Darrol | Jan 16, 2011 |

Hiaasen is a great read, his characters are quirck & outrageous. enjoyed (

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hamiltonpam | Jul 26, 2010 |

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Deutscher Krimi Preis (3. Platz, International, 1991)

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For his advice, expertise, and good humor, I am grateful to Dr. Gerard Grau, and also to his former surgical nurse Connie, who is my wife.

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On the third of January, a leaden, blustery day, two tourists from Covington, Tennessee, removed their sensible shoes to go strolling on the beach at Key Biscayne.

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Somebody wants Mick Stranahan dead. Mick is sure of this, because he just had to dispatch a pistol-packing intruder with the help of a stuffed marlin head. But who would want to hurt a former Florida state investigator? The answer is plenty of people-as Stranahan soon finds himself acquainted with a litter of nefarious players, including a hit man whose skin problems could fill a comprehensive (if bizarre) medical textbook, a lawyer of questionable repute who advertises on billboards, and a TV show host whose taste for sensationalism is exceeded only by his vanity. The whole thing gets downright harrowing for the ex-cop in one of Hiaasen's most breathtaking, madcap romps ever-where even a plastic surgeon with extremely shaky hands waits to wring Stranahan's neck.

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Mick Stranahan, a private investigator, is drawn into the Miami plastic surgery industry.

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