In Tim Dorsey's Pineapple Grenade (#179) civic minded serial killer Serge A. Storms takes on the thugs who prey on Miami tourists who accidentally take the wrong exit off the expressway, and at the same time takes a dip into the exciting world of spycraft. With the Summit of the Americas in town, Serge's two current causes neatly intersect.
Pineapple Grenade features the usual cast of nut jobs, foreign and domestic, and enough bodies to keep the Miami Medical Examiner in a high state of glee figuring out just how the victims died. Serge's sidekick Coleman is along for the ride, but in the Pineapple Grenade he has a drinking/snorting buddy; a washed up spy. Hence, the many Burn Notice references (And yes, I am a fan of that show!) worked in with all kinds of fascinating Florida factoids. Serge foils an assasination attempt, loses his heart to a glamorous spy and exacts justice on an oil industry lobbyist that many Floridians (including me!) would pay to watch, I think.
I didn't feel that this book was quite as strong as some of Dorsey's previous Serge Storms novels, but that doesn't mean that I didn't enjoy it. It's still an amusing and inventive, demented read. I'm still recommending it (as long as you aren't planning to visit Miami any time in the near future!!!).
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