Bad Monkey
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When a severed arm is discovered by a couple on honeymoon in the Florida Keys, former police detective - now reluctant restaurant inspector - Andrew Yancy senses that something doesn't add up. Determined to get his badge back, he undertakes an unofficial investigation of his own. Andrew's search for the truth takes him to the Bahamas, where a local man, with the help of a very bad monkey (who allegedly worked on the Pirates of the Caribbean movies) is doing everything in his power to prevent a developer from building a new tourist resort on the island, with deadly consequences . . . Outrageous, hilarious and addictive, this is the unique Carl Hiaasen at his absolute best. Bad Monkey will have you on the edge of your seat and laughing out loud.
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Andrew Yancy is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2012 with contributions by Carl Hiaasen.
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It finished perhaps the best way it could have given where we were.
Bad Monkey? Talk about bad people. Not one of the main or secondary characters in this story is not a terrible person. They are all terrible.
I think folks who like detective novels or somewhat lighthearted crime (is that a genre) will like this.
The thing about these books is you know it's going to work out in the end. The fun is trying to figure the con and how it's going to be resolved based on the title Bad Monkey and the opening chapter where a honeymooning couple reels in a severed arm off the Florida Keys.
Our protagonist Andrew Yancy is a disgraced Florida detective booted to roach patrol working as a restaurant inspector after anally assaulting a former girlfriend's husband with a Black and Decker vacuum (naturally). Hiaasen's got flavour and delivers a fun, distracting ride.
