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Shelley Brewster · 10-18-2010, 02:51 PM

As a Floridian, I love Carl Hiaasen’s wacky novels books and Paul Levine’s harder-boiled, yet witty novels, so I enjoyed seeing them mentioned together on Kindle Nation.
K.N. also links both authors to Robert Parker’s Spenser series, another of my favorites.

I enjoyed Hiaasen’s “Star Island” this summer and just downloaded Levine’s $2.99 Kindle version of “Mortal Sin,” which I read in hardcover years ago. Both writers won the John D. MacDonald Florida Fiction Prize, as did Elmore Leonard and James W. Hall, two more of my favorites.

Here’s what Kindle Nation said over the weekend about “Mortal Sin.”.

“[A twisted sense of place and people] is what Paul Levine does in his Jake Lassiter series. And in the same way that this is true for Hiaasen and Parker, it is true for Levine that it doesn't matter where you start. I mean, you gotta start at the beginning of a book, don't get me wrong. But whether you start with this one, “Mortal Sin” -- which is my favorite so far -- or go back all the way down the alley to begin with “To Speak for the Dead,” I think you're going to laugh out loud, and Jake is going to make you think, and you're probably going to want to have a beer with him.”

What writers of Florida fiction do you like?

10-18-2010, 02:51 PM	#1
Shelley Brewster Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle 2	For Florida Fiction: Hiaasen, Leonard & Levine As a Floridian, I love Carl Hiaasen’s wacky novels books and Paul Levine’s harder-boiled, yet witty novels, so I enjoyed seeing them mentioned together on Kindle Nation. K.N. also links both authors to Robert Parker’s Spenser series, another of my favorites. I enjoyed Hiaasen’s “Star Island” this summer and just downloaded Levine’s $2.99 Kindle version of “Mortal Sin,” which I read in hardcover years ago. Both writers won the John D. MacDonald Florida Fiction Prize, as did Elmore Leonard and James W. Hall, two more of my favorites. Here’s what Kindle Nation said over the weekend about “Mortal Sin.”. “[A twisted sense of place and people] is what Paul Levine does in his Jake Lassiter series. And in the same way that this is true for Hiaasen and Parker, it is true for Levine that it doesn't matter where you start. I mean, you gotta start at the beginning of a book, don't get me wrong. But whether you start with this one, “Mortal Sin” -- which is my favorite so far -- or go back all the way down the alley to begin with “To Speak for the Dead,” I think you're going to laugh out loud, and Jake is going to make you think, and you're probably going to want to have a beer with him.” What writers of Florida fiction do you like?