The Man Who Invented Florida

Filled with colorful characters and Florida history. I enjoyed reading this book and look forward to reading more stories about Doc. Ford and Tomlinson and their adventures. This was a great read from start to finish.

When solitary marine biologist Doc Ford focused his telescope on the woman in the white boat, he didn't know his life was about to be capsized: that his conniving uncle Tucker Gatrell would discover the Fountain of Youth, that The National Enquirer would write about it, and that the law would beat down his door in search of three missing men. But Doc Ford is about to find these things out - the hard way. Because in the shadowy would of Southwest Florida, where gators yawn, cattle graze, and Indian bones are buried, mysteries great and small have found the man to solve them.

What the heck did I Just spend the last 5 days of my life reading? Ugh. About as obtuse as Doc felt Tuck was, maybe worse. Totally confused by the whole mess. The plot needed cliff notes. Sneaky uncle. WTH was the bit about the blown-up boat at the end? Geez. Was Joseph dead or alive? Made me feel like I fell asleep and missed whole paragraphs...which I didn't but I did have to re-read a lot. Just not my cup of tea. The interesting bits about Florida were lost in the painted dogs on the stolen horse's ass.

Another good book in the Doc Ford series by White. This is my least favorite of the series but it was still a pretty good story. I look forward to more.

Book 3 in the Doc Ford series. Great characters, good story. Plenty of humor. Disappointed that my favorite character was killed off at the end, though.

I'm a sucker for these fast-paced Randy Wayne White novels, especially when I'm sitting on the beach in southwest Florida.

didn't care about the characters or the plot and didn't find it well written. not terrible on those 3 counts, but not good either. also i feel like there were some loose ends that didn't quite wrap up by the end. between 1 and 1.5.