In Trap Line, Hiaasen and Montalbano pit a handful of scruffy Conchs against an armada of drug lords, crooked cops, and homicidal marine lowlife. But when the Machine threatens Albury’s son, the washed-out wharf rat turns into a raging, sea-going vigilante. It starts out by taking away Albury’s livelihood. Breeze Albury is one of the best fishing captains on the Rock, and he’s in no mood to become the Machine’s delivery boy. All that’s needed are the captains to run the contraband. With its dozens of outlying islands and the native Conchs’ historically low regard for the law, Key West is a smuggler’s paradise. Perfect for fans of the Doc Ford novels by Randy Wayne White, Trap Lineis an action-packed preview of Hiaasen's stellar Florida-set crime novels including Sick Puppy, Tourist Season, and Razor Girl.From the bestselling author of Bad Monkey and Razor Girl and Bill Montalbano comes this compelling thriller set in Key West on the southern most end of America. But when he gets busted by the crooked chief of police and becomes a target of the drug machine's brutal hit men, Albury becomes a vigilante on the seas of Florida, unleashing a fiery and relentless vengeance on the most dangerous criminals south of Miami.Īlong with Powder Burn and A Death in China, this is one of the early suspense thrillers written by Carl Hiaasen and Bill Montalbano, a writing team praised for their ' fine flair for characters and settings' ( Library Journal). Meanwhile, Cuban and Colombian drug smugglers thrive all aroundand they have their sights set on Albury and his fishing boat.Īfter the smugglers cut his three hundred trap lines and crush his livelihood, Albury is forced to run drugs to survive. Though he is one of Key West's most skilled fishing captains, Breeze Albury barely ekes out a living on the meager earnings of his trade. A Key West fishing captain takes on Florida's drug lords in this ' splendidly written' crime story coauthored by the #1 New York Timesbestselling novelist ( The New York Times Book Review).
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