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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Shaw Chandler, a 30-something paramedic with the Miami fire department, returns to his home in the Keys to come to terms with the suspicious circumstances of his father's suicide. Meanwhile Trula Montoya, his high school sweetheart and once a Manhattan soap opera star, has also returned--to decide what to do with the rest of a life blighted by the onset of MS. Shaw and Trula eventually realize a link between local deaths--of the natural and unnatural varieties--and are drawn deeply into danger as they begin to unravel biological warfare, a cover-up and a double murder involving both of their fathers 20 years before. The dynamic and romantic duo are truly nice people (and well-drawn characters) who deserve a happy ending, but the rest of Hall's ( Tropical Freeze ) cast is an unsavory bunch: not only does Douglas Barnes, still reaping the financial rewards from his part in the evil business, kill with cruel pleasure, but his deranged, foul-mouthed son Dougie tries to win his respect by acting as his hatchet man. By the time the homicidal pair receives its just deserts--in a fast-paced life-and-death struggle in a garbage disposal factory--the body count is as high as the surf. Literary Guild alternate; author tour.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From School Library Journal
YA-- Characters struggling to overcome personal flaws, ruthless and bizarre villains, and mountains of garbage are all central to Hall's suspense novel set in the Florida Keys. He has crafted a thriller with an eco-twist: the evil-doer is the owner of an ultramodern incinerator and landfill. Such tools provide him with the perfect means to dispose of the evidence, whether it be dangerous gunk produced by labs seeking to circumvent EPA regulators, or murder weapons and their unfortunate victims. Hero Shaw Chandler, a south Florida paramedic, suffers from an inability to commit to any loving relationship until, in the course of solving the peculiar murder of his long-lost father, he reestablishes contact with his high school sweetheart. They encounter the owner of the landfill; his murderous son Dougie, a flawed boy-man with an appetite for sex and body building; and discover the terrible toxic secret that shaped all of their lives and inevitably brings them together for the gruesome climax. This novel is about secrets and revelations, growth and self-discovery, and is sure to appeal to readers in search of fast-paced chills written in an unchallenging style.
- Carolyn E. Gecan, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Fairfax County, VA
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Shaw Chandler, a 30-something paramedic with the Miami fire department, returns to his home in the Keys to come to terms with the suspicious circumstances of his father's suicide. Meanwhile Trula Montoya, his high school sweetheart and once a Manhattan soap opera star, has also returned--to decide what to do with the rest of a life blighted by the onset of MS. Shaw and Trula eventually realize a link between local deaths--of the natural and unnatural varieties--and are drawn deeply into danger as they begin to unravel biological warfare, a cover-up and a double murder involving both of their fathers 20 years before. The dynamic and romantic duo are truly nice people (and well-drawn characters) who deserve a happy ending, but the rest of Hall's ( Tropical Freeze ) cast is an unsavory bunch: not only does Douglas Barnes, still reaping the financial rewards from his part in the evil business, kill with cruel pleasure, but his deranged, foul-mouthed son Dougie tries to win his respect by acting as his hatchet man. By the time the homicidal pair receives its just deserts--in a fast-paced life-and-death struggle in a garbage disposal factory--the body count is as high as the surf. Literary Guild alternate; author tour.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From School Library Journal
YA-- Characters struggling to overcome personal flaws, ruthless and bizarre villains, and mountains of garbage are all central to Hall's suspense novel set in the Florida Keys. He has crafted a thriller with an eco-twist: the evil-doer is the owner of an ultramodern incinerator and landfill. Such tools provide him with the perfect means to dispose of the evidence, whether it be dangerous gunk produced by labs seeking to circumvent EPA regulators, or murder weapons and their unfortunate victims. Hero Shaw Chandler, a south Florida paramedic, suffers from an inability to commit to any loving relationship until, in the course of solving the peculiar murder of his long-lost father, he reestablishes contact with his high school sweetheart. They encounter the owner of the landfill; his murderous son Dougie, a flawed boy-man with an appetite for sex and body building; and discover the terrible toxic secret that shaped all of their lives and inevitably brings them together for the gruesome climax. This novel is about secrets and revelations, growth and self-discovery, and is sure to appeal to readers in search of fast-paced chills written in an unchallenging style.
- Carolyn E. Gecan, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Fairfax County, VA
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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