esse Braddock is living in a cabin in the Everglades with her infant daughter, a no good boyfriend and his friend. The boyfriend wants to be a realty show star as “Glades Man” who likes to remove his shirt to show off his physique. When she stumbles across long lost treasure of gold bars from the Civil War, she places herself in danger as there are two disreputable characters also seeking it.
Meanwhile, down and out Phil, a disgraced journalist, is enlisted to make a video about Melon Monster who had “emigrated” down from the midwest. This is the brainchild of one of the Bortle brothers, owners of the equally down and out Bortle Brothers Bait and Beer store on Tamiami Trail. Sure enough, the video goes viral.
Then there is the narcissistic man who wants to be president, the slimy Miami lawyer, the gator, the urinating boar, the python….well, you get the idea. Yes, it is insane, but, after all, it is Floriduh (write I, a Floridian).
This is a suspenseful, humorous, not too much over the top read if you understand Florida; very entertaining, along with a good spoof of social media.
A lot of the characters and activities here represent the true south Florida…only maybe a little bit more so. And, by the way, there really is a Skunk Ape Research Headquarters on Tamiami Trail with a stature of the legendary creature out front.
Thanks to #netgalley and #simon&Schuster for the ARC.
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