Welcome to Paradise

Shames has a distinctive style, and a signature content. Mobsters from New York find laid-back Key West slow, tropical, and gullible. In this story, the mid-level mobster Big Al is on vacation with his sexy, smarter-than-him girlfriend. Also on vacation is a nice guy from Jersey with the nickname, B......more

Vanity plates can be dangerous to your health! Alan Tuschman, furniture salesman extraordinaire wins a trip to the Paradise Hotel in Key West for top sales in dinettes; Big Al Marracotta, Mafia captain, decides to vacation in Key West with his girlfriend and dog. Big Al Marracotta’s New York license......more

Big Al Marracoto is a player in the New York City mafia. Big Al Tuschman is a furniture salesman in New Jersey. Their individual state license plates say 'Big Al'. They end up in Key West on vacation at the same time. The guys hired to annoy Big Al Marracoto, get their Big Al's confused. But all thi......more

In our local used book store the alternate clerk (there are only two) pointed me to Laurence Shames when I asked for her recommendation for a light and humorous mystery to give my wife. She said there are a dozen or more in his Key West series and they are enjoyable reads, even though kinda lightwei......more

Another Day in Paradise as they say in Key West. Big Al (2 of them ) are going to Fl. for vacations, what a mess when confusion arises among the pathetic grifters who try to bamboozle them with threats and violence. This is my 7th sequential book by Mr. Shames and as always, he does not disappoint.......more