fadedroses- Fiction Book Series Authors (A-Z)

[boston bean]

123. Hiaasen, Carl (Skink) - Florida

This may not technically be a series, but the themes and locations are so similar that the continuing appearance of one of the lesser characters allows me to include it in this category.

While the protagonists of the novels may change, former Florida governor-turned homeless environmentalist Clinton Tyree (Skink) has recurring roles in several Hiaasen books. (He's in all of the even-numbered books, according to wikipedia.)

From Wikipedia:
Hiaasen's fiction mirrors his concerns as a journalist and Floridian. His novels have been classified as "environmental thrillers" and are usually found on the mystery shelves in bookshops, although they can just as well be read as mainstream reflections of contemporary life.

He said this about Florida: "The Sunshine State is a paradise of scandals teeming with drifters, deadbeats, and misfits drawn here by some dark primordial calling like demented trout. And you'd be surprised how many of them decide to run for public office."

Hiaasen's Florida is a hive of greedy businessmen, corrupt politicians, dumb blondes, apathetic retirees, intellectually challenged tourists, hard-luck redneck cooters, and militant ecoteurs. It is the same Florida of John D. MacDonald and Travis McGee, but aged another 20 years and viewed with a more satiric or sardonic eye.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hiaasen