-=> Quoting Phil Flanagan to All <=-
Hello Phil,
Welcome to the echo, it's nice to have a new voice and recommendations.
 PF> I am a new poster but an avid reader. Just finished Sanders Nighht
 PF> Crew and found it to a excellent read. He introduces all new people
 PF> with a different  story line. I hope he follows it with other plot
I'm also a fan of Sanders books. I like his characters, and the well
thoughtout believable plots.  I especially like the McNally series.
 PF> series. I also like to read Kellerman both of them and hope to see a
 PF> new novel on  both Delaware and Decker this year sometime.
I've never gotten hooked on Kellerman's books, they just haven't appealed to
me for some reason.
I am a fan of several series that are all set in Florida. I particularly like
Carl Hiaasen's books. He has a rather bizarre view of South FLorida, or maybe
he just doesn't have the rose colored sunglasses that the Chamber of Commerce
types all seem to view Miami through.  The movie 'Striptease' was based on 
ne
of Hiaasen's books.
I also like Edna Buchanan and her books set in Miami.  Her heroine, Britt
Montero, is a newspaper reporter with instincts about stories that usually
have her more involved than she should be.  Tight, gritty writing and plots
that are right out of todays headlines.
I'm currently reading 'Tropical Depression' by Laurence Shames. His books are
set in the Key West area, and he is along the lines of Hiaasen in his 
riting,
but not so bizarre and absurd. He does give you lots of little pokes in the
ribs, and has lots of subtle humor in his plots.
If you hang around this echo for long, you'll probably find your stack of
'books to be read' growing at an alarming rate!
Bob 8-{)
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