What distinguishes this book is the depth of characterization, especially the painting of Miami Police Sergeant Garcia and his iconic friendship with the ex-con bouncer of the "Eager Beaver" (Shad") as they try to help a damsel in distress. ( )

A great read with well developed characters. ( )

i like his style. comical, different than anyone else. ( )

Erin Grant, a former FBI employee has been dancing in a strip club in order to raise enough money for an appeal to gain custody of her daughter, Angela. Her husband, a petty crook, lied to the judge and got a couple of his buddies to back up a story about Erin's sexual habits.

As the story begins, Congressman Dave Dilbeck, who can't control his libido, is a the strip club when a drunken party goer gets on the stage and begins grooping one of the dancers. An intoxicated Dilbeck jumps on the stage and begins hitting the other patron with a champagne bottle. This is unfortunate because this is an election year.

Another customer, Jerry Killian, nicknamed, Mr. Peepers, takes a photo. Killian sends Erin a message that he might be able to get her daughter back. He intends to use the photo to have Congressman Dilbeck use his influence to get a judge to change his custody ruling. Later, Killian turns up dead.

Malcolm J. Moldowsky is Dilbeck's "fix it" man. In a situation like Killian approaching Dilbeck and talking about a photo, Malcolm knows how to put a stop to an unpleasant situation.

A subplot has the club bouncer, Shad, working with an attorney named Mordecai, to sue the Congressman. Mordeccai is playing customers against each other in that the fiance of the first patron wants to sue Dilbeck for damages in hitting her fiance.

Sgt. Al Garcia is on vacation when he finds Killian's body. Garcia is an honorable man and this makes solving Killian's murder personal.

This is an uproariously funny novel. Erin's dry sense of humor had me smiling throughout the crazy happenings in the novel. Dilbert is also an excellent character whose one mindedness and absence of any moral values was depicted magnificantly. A wonderful caper but perhaps, a bit too long. ( )

Hiaasen is the undoubted master of the crime caper. Full to the brim of irony and twisted justice, Strip Tease delivers to expectation. The unfortunate characters in this tale work or frequent the Eager Beaver strip club, their unlawful deeds impacting upon one another in the usual Hiaasen fashion, frequently with amusing results. The plot, as ever, twists and turns at a rapid pace, always well narrated as not to lose the reader. Strip Tease meanders a little before the finale; it's a fraction too long, however it's definitely still a good read. ( )