Powder Burn

This is one of three novels that Hiaasen wrote with his friend and fellow journalist, Bill Montalbano. I am a big fan of Hiaasen and really enjoy his off-beat novels full of wacky characters from South Florida. When I found out about the three novels he wrote with Montalbano, I purchased all three f......more

It is a shock whenever I read a book from this decade, the 1980s or those surrounding it. It's modern times but not quite. No cell phones, laptops, tablets. The televisions if mentioned are CRT, not flat screen, the car doors open with keys without an accompanying chirp and most of the windows go up......more

Anyone familiar with the 'Miami Vice' TV show of the 1980's will find the plot of 'Powder Burn' by Carl Hiassen (?) and Bill Montalbano likewise exciting! And maybe depressing because it reflects the power America has given drug lords with it's unending demand for illegal drugs. In the 1980's cocain......more

Powder Burn is another of Hiaasen’s early books. It’s steeped in the cocaine culture of the 1980s, like the show Miami Vice. There’s a little more fun and intrigue here, but no real surprises. Chris Meadows is an up-and-coming architect with no real ties to the drug trade. That is, until he witnesses......more

Carl Hiaasen‘s Powder Burn is a fairly straightforward crime novel with some rather engaging characters that do battle with the 1980s drug lords in Florida. The best aspect of this book is the complicated plot that culminates in a satisfying ending. Chris Meadows begins and ends as a likable characte......more