Cadillac Beach, Tim Dorsey
Cadillac Beach, Tim Dorsey
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Cadillac Beach

Author: Tim Dorsey

Narrator: George K. Wilson

Unabridged: 10 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/16/2008

Synopsis

Serge A. Storms is back! The one-man crime spree hits no speed bumps as he swings through Tampa, Disney World, and parts south before settling down in Miami Beach to team up with a former sidekick and launch his long-overdue offbeat travel service. It's a labor of love as Serge forces customers to confront the underbelly of the Sunshine State's past and present. Some clients get it; others run for their lives. No matter. Bullets fly, cars crash, bodies pile up, fireballs reach into the sky, local lore is recited. The tour continues. Our overachieving antihero has a full to-do list, and he multitasks during the tourist juggernaut to battle the Palermo crime family, mystery assassins, local police, the FBI, the CIA, Fidel Castro, and telemarketers. Serge is also out to solve a forty-year-old mystery involving the infamous "Murph the Surf" gem heist. Could this be what got his grandfather killed? So we jump into the time machine to meet his eccentric granddad, Sergio, who is running a small-time bookie operation in 1964 Miami Beach, a golden time and place populated by the Beatles, Cassius Clay, James Bond, Jackie Gleason, and Flipper. Back to live action! Serge and his customers have become the hunted, hopscotching through a series of famous hotel rooms. But Serge tells them not to worry. He has a master plan, which is about to unfold in all of its insane glory...on Cadillac Beach!

About Tim Dorsey

Tim Dorsey was a reporter and editor for the Tampa Tribune from 1987 to 1999, and is the author of twenty-five other novels: Mermaid Confidential, Tropic of Stupid, Naked Came the Florida Man, No Sunscreen for the Dead, Pope of Palm Beach, Clownfish Blues, Coconut Cowboy, Shark Skin Suite, Tiger Shrimp Tango, The Riptide Ultra-Glide, When Elves Attack, Pineapple Grenade, Electric Barracuda, Gator A-Go-Go, Nuclear Jellyfish, Atomic Lobster, Hurricane Punch, The Big Bamboo, Torpedo Juice, Cadillac Beach, The Stingray Shuffle, Triggerfish Twist, Orange Crush, Hammerhead Ranch Motel, and Florida Roadkill. He lives in Florida.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Finnean Projects on August 19, 2013

Hell's to the yeah. Tim Dorsey's the kind of writer you want to sit down and have a beer with - so long as you have a shotgun taped under the table. Everyone of his books is a walk through an insanity that can only be experienced in Florida. I won't compare him with another writer - I'll compare him......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on April 26, 2022

I am giving this 3.5 stars rounded to 4 stars. This book makes me think I’ve been on some kind of drug trip. It’s crazy and all over the place. Serge is completely nuts but somehow he gives some deep insight into some problems society has while doing wacky and sometimes horrible things. Whether you......more

Goodreads review by Chris on March 23, 2017

Picked this one up somewhere recently and selected it last night to be my next novel. A little break from the "serious" stuff, and I must say that so far it's doing the job nicely. THIS BOOK IS NOT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY - FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY! I have been chuckling regularly. The body cou......more

Goodreads review by Eric_W on May 08, 2009

Normally, I would never give a book like this 5 stars, but there is a fake letter in the middle that I think is brilliant and prescient. (You can skip the review and go right to the italics below.) This book is a classic example of how a really good narrator can make a good book truly a wonderful ex......more

Goodreads review by Sid on June 27, 2020

This is an amusing read but not quite as good as the later Serge Storms books, I think. I came late to this series and have gone back to this earlier stage in Serge’s career. It’s full of utter mayhem and a completely bonkers plot involving stolen diamonds from 1964, the CIA, the FBI, various gangs,......more

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