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Serge Storms #18
Shark Skin Suite
Bottom-feeders beware—in this madcap escapade from insanely funny New York Times bestselling author Tim Dorsey, Serge Storms, the Sunshine State's favorite psychotic killer and lovable Floridaphile, has found a new calling. Bingeing on a marathon of legal movies set in Florida, Serge finds his vocation: the law. Never mind law school or that degree; Serge becomes a freelance fixer–wildcat paralegal and pilgrim to the hallowed places where legal classics of the big screen such as Body Heat, Cool Hand Luke, and Absence of Malice were filmed practically in his own backyard.
One of Serge's old flames, young lawyer Brook Campanella, is also a rising star thanks to her expertise in the field of foreclosure law. She lands a major class-action lawsuit and looks set to win big, but the opposition is determined to shut her down. Luckily for her, Serge likes nothing better than saving a damsel in distress, especially when it means kicking a bunch of shyster butt.
One of Serge's old flames, young lawyer Brook Campanella, is also a rising star thanks to her expertise in the field of foreclosure law. She lands a major class-action lawsuit and looks set to win big, but the opposition is determined to shut her down. Luckily for her, Serge likes nothing better than saving a damsel in distress, especially when it means kicking a bunch of shyster butt.
336 pages, Paperback
First published January 27, 2015
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Tim Dorsey
36 books1,651 followersTim Dorsey was born in Indiana, moved to Florida at the age of 1, and grew up in a small town about an hour north of Miami called Riviera Beach. He graduated from Auburn University in 1983. While at Auburn, he was editor of the student newspaper, The Plainsman.
From 1983 to 1987, he was a police and courts reporter for The Alabama Journal, the now-defunct evening newspaper in Montgomery. He joined The Tampa Tribune in 1987 as a general assignment reporter. He also worked as a political reporter in the Tribune’s Tallahassee bureau and a copy desk editor. From 1994 to 1999, he was the Tribune’s night metro editor. He left the paper in August 1999 to write full time.
From 1983 to 1987, he was a police and courts reporter for The Alabama Journal, the now-defunct evening newspaper in Montgomery. He joined The Tampa Tribune in 1987 as a general assignment reporter. He also worked as a political reporter in the Tribune’s Tallahassee bureau and a copy desk editor. From 1994 to 1999, he was the Tribune’s night metro editor. He left the paper in August 1999 to write full time.
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March 27, 2020
...whenever something goes to hell everywhere else in the country, Florida puts it on roller skates with rocket thrusters...
And who's usually there lighting the fuse of the rocket?
You got it - Serge.
Ah, Serge Storms, an old-school criminal, is very Robin Hood-like in his dealings. His motto? Leave the vulnerable alone, or rescue if need be. If you're an elderly pensioner being screwed by a faceless corporation, Serge will be your stanch defender. If you're a CEO, made rich and fattened off the backs of the proletariat, look out! Serge is a "person of interest" in more than twenty painfully creative homicides.
If you ask Serge himself, he'll tell you he's just a simple man "who roams from town to town, taking odd jobs, enlightening people, correcting others, then leaving quickly before they can say thank you..."
So modest, so unassuming. You'll never see him coming. Then he throws a sack over your head and tosses you in the trunk of whatever muscle car he's driving this time around.
The plot to this one involves legal mumbo-jumbo, courtroom hijinks and crooked mortgage companies. There are plenty of Serge's shenanigans and of course, some bad guys get killed painfully AND creatively.
There are a lot of references to characters and escapades from previous adventures in this go-round, so DON'T START THE SERIES WITH THIS ONE!
And beware those African Land Snails!
They may look cuddly, but they're killers, I tell ya!
Killers!
And who's usually there lighting the fuse of the rocket?
You got it - Serge.
Ah, Serge Storms, an old-school criminal, is very Robin Hood-like in his dealings. His motto? Leave the vulnerable alone, or rescue if need be. If you're an elderly pensioner being screwed by a faceless corporation, Serge will be your stanch defender. If you're a CEO, made rich and fattened off the backs of the proletariat, look out! Serge is a "person of interest" in more than twenty painfully creative homicides.
If you ask Serge himself, he'll tell you he's just a simple man "who roams from town to town, taking odd jobs, enlightening people, correcting others, then leaving quickly before they can say thank you..."
So modest, so unassuming. You'll never see him coming. Then he throws a sack over your head and tosses you in the trunk of whatever muscle car he's driving this time around.
The plot to this one involves legal mumbo-jumbo, courtroom hijinks and crooked mortgage companies. There are plenty of Serge's shenanigans and of course, some bad guys get killed painfully AND creatively.
There are a lot of references to characters and escapades from previous adventures in this go-round, so DON'T START THE SERIES WITH THIS ONE!
And beware those African Land Snails!
They may look cuddly, but they're killers, I tell ya!
Killers!
August 14, 2020
“That’s another thing my married friends mentioned: No history is too ancient.”
I’m on the beach this week so it’s time to pick up the next book in Tim Dorsey’s Serge A. Storms series. I am on #18 “Shark Skin Suite”. In this installment our conscientious serial killer imagines himself a legal fixer. The plot involves a class action lawsuit, the mortgage bubble burst, and the usual comeuppance that the crooked among us deserve (at least in a comic novel).
The denouement of this book where justice is served to the powerful who destroy people’s homes and futures for greed is undeniably pleasing.
“Shark Skin Suite” is not as funny as its predecessor in the series, # 17 “Tiger Shrimp Tango”, but it is a much better book. Despite the lack of laughing out loud it is still a lighthearted romp and is pleasing for what it is.
I read it while getting sunburned, as one should.
I’m on the beach this week so it’s time to pick up the next book in Tim Dorsey’s Serge A. Storms series. I am on #18 “Shark Skin Suite”. In this installment our conscientious serial killer imagines himself a legal fixer. The plot involves a class action lawsuit, the mortgage bubble burst, and the usual comeuppance that the crooked among us deserve (at least in a comic novel).
The denouement of this book where justice is served to the powerful who destroy people’s homes and futures for greed is undeniably pleasing.
“Shark Skin Suite” is not as funny as its predecessor in the series, # 17 “Tiger Shrimp Tango”, but it is a much better book. Despite the lack of laughing out loud it is still a lighthearted romp and is pleasing for what it is.
I read it while getting sunburned, as one should.
March 28, 2015
OK, I'm hooked on the series. Whenever one is published I manage to track down Tim Dorsey and grab a signed copy. (He must be the hardest working author in the business - check his website, he is everywhere. I mean New Hampshire bookstores in February! It helps that he is an interesting and nice guy.) Back to the book, the protagonist is Serge Storms your friendly serial killer and dispenser of justice in unique ways to those who would harm Florida and Floridians. His side kick, drug addled Coleman is along for additional comic relief as Serge covers the state dispensing historical trivia as he goes. This one focuses on the mortgage and foreclosure issues the state experienced and those who brought it about. With a wind-up in Key West during Fantasy Fest you know it is going to get crazy. If you have never experienced Fantasy Fest, that part alone is worth the price of admission. Book gets a bit nuts at times, issues stretch like a rubber band then snap back in true Keystone Kops fashion. Quite entertaining. Keep up the good work Tim!
January 27, 2023
Tim Dorsey's "Shark Suite" defies simple description as a suspense novel or conventional mystery. His
style and voice are uniquely amusing but engaging. The story that follows a crazed path through Florida is a combination mystery novel / legal thriller but told with a oddly amusing sense of humor ... too much coffee, a bit of weed ,too much cold medicine ????
I laughed far more as I read "Shark Suite" than one would expect from any legal thriller ... a fun and unique story. It was so amusing that at times I realized I didn't care where the story was headed, I was just enjoying the trip.
Read it , enjoy it and pass the yarn on to other as a good read.
style and voice are uniquely amusing but engaging. The story that follows a crazed path through Florida is a combination mystery novel / legal thriller but told with a oddly amusing sense of humor ... too much coffee, a bit of weed ,too much cold medicine ????
I laughed far more as I read "Shark Suite" than one would expect from any legal thriller ... a fun and unique story. It was so amusing that at times I realized I didn't care where the story was headed, I was just enjoying the trip.
Read it , enjoy it and pass the yarn on to other as a good read.
June 20, 2017
Serge is back and up to his normal mayhem! Not too many laugh-out-loud moments in this one, but there's just something about Serge and his sidekick Coleman that make it a good read anyway! 5 out of 10.
June 4, 2018
“Shark Skin Suite” by Tim Dorsey, published by William Morrow.
Category – Mystery/Comedy Publication Date – 2015
Here we go again with Serge and Coleman. I honestly love this writer and his characters. I now have all but two of his books and can’t wait to get another one in my hands.
For those of you who don’t know Serge A. Storms he is a serial killer but seems to kill just the bad guys. His sidekick is Coleman who is always high of either alcohol or drugs, they make a great pair.
In “Shark Skin Suite” people are being foreclosed on with mortgages they should have never been approved for, and some people who own their homes are being evicted. All this comes from greedy mortgage lenders.
Serge and Coleman get caught up in this while being pursued by Serge’s wife, while Serge is having an affair, and the three old biddies, Edna, Eunice, and Ethel.
This hilarious episode ends in Key West during Fantasy fest with Serge’s girlfriend winning a monumental case against the mortgage lenders. Although trying to cement her relationship with Serge she and he must contend with Molly, Serge’s wife.
Although, obviously I am not reading these books in order it does not lessen the stories or their impact, just another great read from Tim Dorsey.
Category – Mystery/Comedy Publication Date – 2015
Here we go again with Serge and Coleman. I honestly love this writer and his characters. I now have all but two of his books and can’t wait to get another one in my hands.
For those of you who don’t know Serge A. Storms he is a serial killer but seems to kill just the bad guys. His sidekick is Coleman who is always high of either alcohol or drugs, they make a great pair.
In “Shark Skin Suite” people are being foreclosed on with mortgages they should have never been approved for, and some people who own their homes are being evicted. All this comes from greedy mortgage lenders.
Serge and Coleman get caught up in this while being pursued by Serge’s wife, while Serge is having an affair, and the three old biddies, Edna, Eunice, and Ethel.
This hilarious episode ends in Key West during Fantasy fest with Serge’s girlfriend winning a monumental case against the mortgage lenders. Although trying to cement her relationship with Serge she and he must contend with Molly, Serge’s wife.
Although, obviously I am not reading these books in order it does not lessen the stories or their impact, just another great read from Tim Dorsey.
April 7, 2015
There comes a time, in regards to every great book series where the reader realizes it is time for the series to end. Unfortunately the author and or publisher seldom would agree, and therefore you wind up reading books in a series that seem to have been written on autopilot. It has happened with most of my favorite authors; James Lee Burke, Clive Cussler, and now Tim Dorsey.
I started this series when Florida Roadkill first came out based solely on its title and was glad I did. I still recommend Triggerfish Twist to anyone who asks what is one of my favorite books. But the last five books have slowing become a chore to get through.
Shark Skin Suite could have been a great book, but it wasn't. The reason it wasn't is the author I think has realized he can dial it in and still sell books. The author ironically go on and on about another Key West legend Jimmy Buffett, who also learned long ago he could write or record anything and his fans would buy it or go to his concerts, even though the show hasn't changed in 15 years. Regarding Serge, Colman, Mahoney all were one dimensional, appearing to be as bored with the story as this reader. The pace of the book was slower than any of the other books in the series, the last few books have read more and more like travel books visiting places in Florida off the beaten track and peppered with trivia, that after awhile was just tiring.
Even the usual Manic Serge seems to be slowing down. Colman's role was a complete afterthought, the book starts in the past then moves into the present but jumps around as usual all over the place. There is the group of elderly women which adds nothing to the story. Serge's love interest is not the usual bimbo that Serge winds up with and therefore wasn't funny. Lastly Tim needs to get off his liberal high horse, Florida of all places proves conservatives are not the only evil people in . I really hope Mr. Dorsey tries his hand with some new ideas and new characters, because this series has completely "jumped the Shark".
I started this series when Florida Roadkill first came out based solely on its title and was glad I did. I still recommend Triggerfish Twist to anyone who asks what is one of my favorite books. But the last five books have slowing become a chore to get through.
Shark Skin Suite could have been a great book, but it wasn't. The reason it wasn't is the author I think has realized he can dial it in and still sell books. The author ironically go on and on about another Key West legend Jimmy Buffett, who also learned long ago he could write or record anything and his fans would buy it or go to his concerts, even though the show hasn't changed in 15 years. Regarding Serge, Colman, Mahoney all were one dimensional, appearing to be as bored with the story as this reader. The pace of the book was slower than any of the other books in the series, the last few books have read more and more like travel books visiting places in Florida off the beaten track and peppered with trivia, that after awhile was just tiring.
Even the usual Manic Serge seems to be slowing down. Colman's role was a complete afterthought, the book starts in the past then moves into the present but jumps around as usual all over the place. There is the group of elderly women which adds nothing to the story. Serge's love interest is not the usual bimbo that Serge winds up with and therefore wasn't funny. Lastly Tim needs to get off his liberal high horse, Florida of all places proves conservatives are not the only evil people in . I really hope Mr. Dorsey tries his hand with some new ideas and new characters, because this series has completely "jumped the Shark".
February 18, 2016
I received this book in a giveaway. But after lending it to my mom (who thanked me for introducing her to a great new author), I subsequently purchased the Kindle edition, which is my reading preference. The giveaway book has been donated to the library so more can meet Tim Dorsey. And Mom, who volunteers at the small library, will try to acquire more Dorsey titles.
Which is all to say that this is a fun read. Full of endearingly nutty characters, wacky situations, unapologetic violence, and heart.
Which is all to say that this is a fun read. Full of endearingly nutty characters, wacky situations, unapologetic violence, and heart.
June 8, 2021
It's interesting to go back and dip into the older Tim Dorsey novels. This one, from 2015, includes the magic moment when someone (a newspaper reporter named Reeves) introduces psychopath Florida-phile Serge Storms to the meme-worthy concept of "Florida man." Meanwhile, Serge and his perpetually stoned Sancho Panza, Coleman, decide to go python hunting because this book takes place during the state's first "python rodeo" and wind up with their hands full (and later use the python in one of Serge's little science experiments).
The book gets off to a somewhat rocky start as Dorsey appears to be setting up more than one framing device for the story, first with the tale being told by one of the quartet of ribald elderly women who form what they call the "G-Unit" ("G" for grandma), and then the throwback private eye Mahoney, who sometimes uses Serge as an investigator, rambling on in his noir-movie lingo.
Fortunately, Dorsey quickly abandons those distractions and takes us into the backstory of how Serge parted from his onetime love Brooke, who becomes an attorney. She winds up foreclosing on a bank that mistakenly foreclosed on her clients (a real Florida case, by the way) and thus lands a job at a big firm that's about to go head-to-head with a major mortgage company that's really shady -- to the point of hiring a hitman.
Fear not, because Serge shows up just in time, having trained himself in the law by watching a lot of Florida movies involving the law -- "Cool Hand Luke," "Follow That Dream," "Body Heat" -- and also dressing himself and Coleman in jackets identifying them as Bail Bondsmen Fugitive Hunters. Then they stroll up on low-rent motels, showing off their jackets, just to see who runs.
Although the mortgage company and its Ivy League lawyers (and ruthless fixer) are the real villains, Dorsey uses his sharpest barbs on the newspaper execs who employ Reeves and have decided, in their clueless way, that the way to increase reporter efficiency is to hold lots of mandatory staff meetings, and the way to get more out of a reduced staff is to have photographers write stories and reporters take photos. I laughed the hardest when they decided to eliminate corrections because they just take up space.
The book gets off to a somewhat rocky start as Dorsey appears to be setting up more than one framing device for the story, first with the tale being told by one of the quartet of ribald elderly women who form what they call the "G-Unit" ("G" for grandma), and then the throwback private eye Mahoney, who sometimes uses Serge as an investigator, rambling on in his noir-movie lingo.
Fortunately, Dorsey quickly abandons those distractions and takes us into the backstory of how Serge parted from his onetime love Brooke, who becomes an attorney. She winds up foreclosing on a bank that mistakenly foreclosed on her clients (a real Florida case, by the way) and thus lands a job at a big firm that's about to go head-to-head with a major mortgage company that's really shady -- to the point of hiring a hitman.
Fear not, because Serge shows up just in time, having trained himself in the law by watching a lot of Florida movies involving the law -- "Cool Hand Luke," "Follow That Dream," "Body Heat" -- and also dressing himself and Coleman in jackets identifying them as Bail Bondsmen Fugitive Hunters. Then they stroll up on low-rent motels, showing off their jackets, just to see who runs.
Although the mortgage company and its Ivy League lawyers (and ruthless fixer) are the real villains, Dorsey uses his sharpest barbs on the newspaper execs who employ Reeves and have decided, in their clueless way, that the way to increase reporter efficiency is to hold lots of mandatory staff meetings, and the way to get more out of a reduced staff is to have photographers write stories and reporters take photos. I laughed the hardest when they decided to eliminate corrections because they just take up space.
September 11, 2019
This is another absolutely cracking entertainment from Tim Dorsey. The Serge Storms books are always a pleasure and Shark Skin Suite is no exception – although it perhaps starts a little less alluringly than some.
The book opens with Serge on the run from both the law and his ex-wife, which is quite amusing but not the carefree Serge we know and love. However, he’s soon back to racing around Florida spouting high-energy facts and history (much of which is genuinely very interesting), dealing with Coleman’s drug- and alcohol-fuelled antics and visiting satisfying revenge on scumbags of various sorts. The main focus this time is on the greed and careless arrogance of banks and large corporations and their lawyers, some of whom get a very pleasing come-uppance in the end.
As always, this is funny, engrossing and with an underpinning of both erudition about Florida and a shrewd analysis of the behaviour of some financial institutions. I loved it and can recommend it very warmly.
The book opens with Serge on the run from both the law and his ex-wife, which is quite amusing but not the carefree Serge we know and love. However, he’s soon back to racing around Florida spouting high-energy facts and history (much of which is genuinely very interesting), dealing with Coleman’s drug- and alcohol-fuelled antics and visiting satisfying revenge on scumbags of various sorts. The main focus this time is on the greed and careless arrogance of banks and large corporations and their lawyers, some of whom get a very pleasing come-uppance in the end.
As always, this is funny, engrossing and with an underpinning of both erudition about Florida and a shrewd analysis of the behaviour of some financial institutions. I loved it and can recommend it very warmly.
June 6, 2017
From Thomas Edison in Ft Myers, Guy Bradley in the Everglades to all the crazies at Fantasy Fest - I have enjoyed another ride through Florida with Serge and Coleman! I'd like these road trips better if we could skip the gutter language and strange sexual exploits - they don't add to the story!! Like a shark I'm learning to skim past them, because I love the rest!
January 7, 2018
still really funny. i kinda fell in love with the reporters.
March 21, 2021
Loved this one, and alas, I currently do not have the others, or I would dive into another one right away.
May 29, 2022
Not Dorsey's best book. In fact, far from it. Tim must have come up with a plot for a courtroom melodrama and then decided to squeeze his standard characters into the plot. Suddenly Serge is half James Bond and half Matlock and is arguing case law in front of a judge. He still finds time to kill a few people, but the craziness just isn't there.
September 12, 2024
Serge's wife returns and they pick right back up trying to solve the age old couples dilemma of guest towels - with firearms.
March 5, 2022
Take some laughter, add a character who is part Rube Goldberg, part serial killer and part loyal friend, mix with a smattering of eccentric co-conspirators in nutty circumstances and you have your basic Tim Dorsey authored Serge Storms book. But don't confuse the word basic with boring, because Dorsey's books never are.
January 19, 2023
The personification of the concept "Florida Man," Tim Dorsey's, serial killer with a conscience, Serge Storm, is back for his eighteenth run at all things that threaten his idolized Florida life...Most of the Serge Storm Universe, plus a few new characters are here in a battle against the state's big banking interests and corrupt attorneys who leveraged the Florida's mortgage and foreclosure crisis for their own personal gain...Not Dorsey's best, but still immensely entertaining!
June 21, 2021
From now on I'll be rating all Tim Dorsey books at four stars. I rate most of them at four stars anyway, so this won't require too much brain strain. Coleman would agree.
June 19, 2025
I enjoy these books because Serge is an anti hero. Tim Dorsey’s books are great non serious, escape the world good. I find it hard to give more than 3 stars for these types of books but I’ll confess I pick up a lot of his books and that is 5 stars
January 11, 2016
from chapter 21: "massive lengths of Spanish moss draped from overhead branches like an endless cavern of ZZ Top beards." now who wouldn't like descriptions like that of southern Florida... OK.. so I read this book because Tim Dorsey is visiting our library in late February - not my usual choice of book to say the least but he can sure tell a story - he writes like he has had 10 cups of strong coffee before he ever sits down - rapid fire things going on all over the place.. this is the 18th in the series about Serge Storms.. don't think I'll go back and read any of the others - people get killed in the most unusual, violent and disturbing ways... although I feel like I need to know Serge's 'story' I'm still not sure what he really does..[as in earning money??] at first I thought this story might be like Carl Hiassen.. but no ecological banner here and again much more violent and action packed in every page... can hardly wait to hear him speak....
February 13, 2015
At least twice a year I need a shot of pure, unadulterated madcap humor. Nobody better to fill that need than Tim Dorsey and thankfully he's prolific enough to satisfy the requirement. Serge and Coleman are up to their usual antics and there is a courtroom segment that is really kind of cool. Serge is not quite as inventive in his methods of doing in the bad guys as he is sometimes. Dorsey describes Serge's reaction to the overly sedate manner in which some people execute a left turn at busy stoplights. It is EXACTLY what I was thinking a couple of days ago. When you start thinking like Serge- THAT'S SCARY!
February 28, 2015
Serge is up to his tricks again. Except this time he may be headed to the dark side....true love and good deeds. Thankfully, the book goes batshit crazy as only Florida and Tim Dorsey can. Coleman is back, and with him? Ziggy Blade, his long lost brother. crazier than Coleman? Didn't think it was possible til this book! Reevis is cute, and Brook is a great new character. All ends not at all as you expect, which I both love and hate with the ending. A treat, as always.
March 8, 2015
This is one of the better written books of the series. Engaging start to finish. A quick read. As usual, lots of twists and turns and subplots, but everything gets wrapped up nicely. Serge and the whole cast continue to deliver their own special brand of Florida style justice. Highly Recommended.
April 7, 2020
Another wild ride
Wow. The mind of Tim Dorsey. If I didn’t know better, I would think he was taking hallucinogens. Serge Storms and his band of misfits once again pulls a rabbit out of a hat. Put on your seatbelt for another wild ride with Florida’s eccentric serial-killer-Robin-Hood.
Wow. The mind of Tim Dorsey. If I didn’t know better, I would think he was taking hallucinogens. Serge Storms and his band of misfits once again pulls a rabbit out of a hat. Put on your seatbelt for another wild ride with Florida’s eccentric serial-killer-Robin-Hood.
August 31, 2015
Serge goes to court! Not for his crimes, for then would be bye bye Serge, but there are some really bad people who deserved to be tried and sentenced. Some of them deserve to be simply murdered.
Decisions decisions.
Coleman decides to have a joint.
Decisions decisions.
Coleman decides to have a joint.
July 26, 2024
📚 Serge Storms, pecinta Florida, menemukan panggilan baru sbg pengacara. Tanpa peduli soal sekolah hukum / gelar, dia memutuskan utk menjadi paralegal lepas. Serge terinspirasi setelah menonton maraton film² hukum yg berlatar di Florida.
Di sisi lain, mantan pacar Serge, Brook Campanella, adalah seorang pengacara muda yg ahli dlm hukum penyitaan. Dia berhasil memenangkan gugatan besar melawan bankir² serakah yg mengusir orang² dari rumah mereka. Namun, kesuksesannya membuat banyak musuh yg ingin menghentikannya dgn cara apa pun.
Serge dipekerjakan utk membantu investigasi dlm kasus Brook. Dgn antusias utk menyelamatkan wanita dlm kesulitan & menghajar para penipu, Serge terlibat dlm kekacauan hukum yg membawa mereka ke pengadilan di Key West, tepat saat karnaval jalanan Fantasy Fest berlangsung.
💬 "The key to achievement in life is not letting others define your towers." - Serge Storms, Shark Skin Suite.
🕵️♀️ Serge Storms adalah karakter yg unik & karismatik ❤️ Kecintaannya pada Florida & kebiasaannya yg eksentrik membuatnya sangat menghibur. Kepribadiannya kompleks & humoris jg menambah daya tarik pada ceritanya ❤️
Dalam narasinya, ada humor tajam, dialog yg lucu & situasi konyol yg membuat novel ini sgt menghibur & memberi banyak momen² tawa 😂
Plot novel ini bergerak cepat dgn banyak aksi & kejutan ❤️ Petualangan Serge sbg pengacara & investigasinya dlm kasus hukum membawa aku ke berbagai momen yg menegangkan 🔥
Di samping itu, deskripsi tentang Florida & budaya lokal memberikan latar belakang yg hidup & menarik 🔥 Aku bisa merasakan suasana Florida yg khas melalui penggambarannya yg detail ❤️
Meskipun banyak humor yg berhasil, tetapi ada juga beberapa bagian yg terasa kurang lucu / sedikit memaksa utk lucu.
💌 Dari novel ini, aku belajar betapa pentingnya mempertahankan integritas & berjuang melawan ketidakadilan 💪 keberanian dlm menghadapi kesulitan & berjuang utk kebenaran 🔥 pentingnya dukungan & persahabatan dlm menghadapi kesulitan.
Di sisi lain, mantan pacar Serge, Brook Campanella, adalah seorang pengacara muda yg ahli dlm hukum penyitaan. Dia berhasil memenangkan gugatan besar melawan bankir² serakah yg mengusir orang² dari rumah mereka. Namun, kesuksesannya membuat banyak musuh yg ingin menghentikannya dgn cara apa pun.
Serge dipekerjakan utk membantu investigasi dlm kasus Brook. Dgn antusias utk menyelamatkan wanita dlm kesulitan & menghajar para penipu, Serge terlibat dlm kekacauan hukum yg membawa mereka ke pengadilan di Key West, tepat saat karnaval jalanan Fantasy Fest berlangsung.
💬 "The key to achievement in life is not letting others define your towers." - Serge Storms, Shark Skin Suite.
🕵️♀️ Serge Storms adalah karakter yg unik & karismatik ❤️ Kecintaannya pada Florida & kebiasaannya yg eksentrik membuatnya sangat menghibur. Kepribadiannya kompleks & humoris jg menambah daya tarik pada ceritanya ❤️
Dalam narasinya, ada humor tajam, dialog yg lucu & situasi konyol yg membuat novel ini sgt menghibur & memberi banyak momen² tawa 😂
Plot novel ini bergerak cepat dgn banyak aksi & kejutan ❤️ Petualangan Serge sbg pengacara & investigasinya dlm kasus hukum membawa aku ke berbagai momen yg menegangkan 🔥
Di samping itu, deskripsi tentang Florida & budaya lokal memberikan latar belakang yg hidup & menarik 🔥 Aku bisa merasakan suasana Florida yg khas melalui penggambarannya yg detail ❤️
Meskipun banyak humor yg berhasil, tetapi ada juga beberapa bagian yg terasa kurang lucu / sedikit memaksa utk lucu.
💌 Dari novel ini, aku belajar betapa pentingnya mempertahankan integritas & berjuang melawan ketidakadilan 💪 keberanian dlm menghadapi kesulitan & berjuang utk kebenaran 🔥 pentingnya dukungan & persahabatan dlm menghadapi kesulitan.
July 16, 2017
Finished reading " Shark Skin Suite " by Tim Dorsey. As usual it was great. Mr. Dorsey has not written a bad story yet. Staring my favorite spree Killer Serge A. Storms. Creative, hysterical, and crazy all at once!
Serge is at it again.This time he has decided that he wants to work on the side of the law. In fact he wants to be a lawyer! But since he didn't go to school for it he can't be one unless he gets arrested and defends himself. So he will do the next best thing and be a freelance fixer for a big law firm. There is nobody better at this kind of activity than Serge. He gets his assignment from his one-time nemesis and no ally Mahoney. Mahoney is a private investigator with a habit of narrating his own life and speaking using dialogue that belongs in old noir movies. Serge takes to helping a one time paramour named Brook who is a hot shot attorney with a knack for helping people who are being conned through foreclosure laws. Their rivals in court are using their own fixer to make Brook and her team lose the case but scammers and bank people are no match for Serge. There is murder by Burmese python, murder by buffalo, and murder by deviled egg! Serge is also being tracked by someone else. Someone with a gun who isn't afraid to use it on him. Someone he is married to!
Serge is at it again.This time he has decided that he wants to work on the side of the law. In fact he wants to be a lawyer! But since he didn't go to school for it he can't be one unless he gets arrested and defends himself. So he will do the next best thing and be a freelance fixer for a big law firm. There is nobody better at this kind of activity than Serge. He gets his assignment from his one-time nemesis and no ally Mahoney. Mahoney is a private investigator with a habit of narrating his own life and speaking using dialogue that belongs in old noir movies. Serge takes to helping a one time paramour named Brook who is a hot shot attorney with a knack for helping people who are being conned through foreclosure laws. Their rivals in court are using their own fixer to make Brook and her team lose the case but scammers and bank people are no match for Serge. There is murder by Burmese python, murder by buffalo, and murder by deviled egg! Serge is also being tracked by someone else. Someone with a gun who isn't afraid to use it on him. Someone he is married to!
January 16, 2022
After reading 22 of 24 Tim Dorsey Novels on Serge Storms, I found that this was one of the most satisfying reads of all. Not as much slapstick, but I really, really enjoyed his FL tale of Florida Man and had to google it for the major laughs of his Florida elegy. All of the great characters including a new one in Brook Campanella (attorney at large) as well as a very, very close friend of Colemans, Mahoney, the G Girls and the festival in the Florida Keys makes this amazingly complicated. Imagine if you will (twilight zone) Serge becoming a lawyer and all of the great trial sequences between big banks and the poor citizens who miss forclosure notices. Usual grusome creative tales in doing in grifters, fixers and the like, but especially fun in the encounters with Serge's wife Molly as all comes together for a fitting end to this tale. I am going to miss this series after finishing the last two of 24 books, but really enjoyed the tales of Fl., legal disputes, film noir detective descriptions, good serial killers, intelligent bantering, and also a random news reporter. Be sure to google "Florida Man" to discover what kind of Florida Tim Dorsey uncovers to develop his characters.
February 27, 2018
Who doesn't love a murdering psychopath? Well, one that only exacts wrath upon the worst of the worst. I live in Florida, and in light of the recent shootings near Miami, reading this book from 2015, Tim Dorsey nails it with a little Serge speech:
You know what a fan of irony I am. … If you are arrested for possession [of pot which you had stashed in a gun magazine] you plea bargain and during your allocution you say, ‘I admit I was the one who removed all of the bullets from the assault rifle’s extended magazine and filled it with pot. But now I realize that was wrong because marijuana is dangerous.’ I love the legal incongruities our national discourse has spawned. I can buy a shotgun any time of day without a serious background check. But if I need something for sniffles, it’s 6 forms of ID and complete school transcripts. The government has essentially created a system where if I want to get rid of a head cold, the easiest cure is to blow my brains out.
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You know what a fan of irony I am. … If you are arrested for possession [of pot which you had stashed in a gun magazine] you plea bargain and during your allocution you say, ‘I admit I was the one who removed all of the bullets from the assault rifle’s extended magazine and filled it with pot. But now I realize that was wrong because marijuana is dangerous.’ I love the legal incongruities our national discourse has spawned. I can buy a shotgun any time of day without a serious background check. But if I need something for sniffles, it’s 6 forms of ID and complete school transcripts. The government has essentially created a system where if I want to get rid of a head cold, the easiest cure is to blow my brains out.
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August 17, 2025
Full of Florida movie trivia. Serge is a strange mix of savant and vigilante. Like a modern day Robin Hood he avenges those who have been taken advantage of by a shyster without ever letting the victim know he 'helped'. His former girlfriend is trying to take down a bank for illegal foreclosure practices through the courts. Serge and Brook are working on different things but they dovetail together and they team up again.
It is an amusing book but the four old ladies (the best characters in the book) don't really seem to have a place. Maybe they are from a previous book but their parts could easily have been left out. There is a lot of action but somehow the pace is slow. Coleman's drinking and weed smoking gets a little monotonous.
If you like Carl Hiiasen, Tim Dorsey is in your happy place
It is an amusing book but the four old ladies (the best characters in the book) don't really seem to have a place. Maybe they are from a previous book but their parts could easily have been left out. There is a lot of action but somehow the pace is slow. Coleman's drinking and weed smoking gets a little monotonous.
If you like Carl Hiiasen, Tim Dorsey is in your happy place
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