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  • Written by: Carl Hiaasen
  • Narrated by: Ron Butler
  • Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (3 ratings)

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Wrecker

Written by: Carl Hiaasen
Narrated by: Ron Butler
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Wrecker needs to deal with smugglers, grave robbers, and pooping iguanas—just as soon as he finishes Zoom school. Welcome to another wild adventure in Carl Hiaasen's Florida!

Valdez Jones VIII calls himself Wrecker because his great-great-great-great-great-grandfather salvaged shipwrecks for a living.

So is it destiny, irony, or just bad luck when Wrecker comes across a speedboat that has run hard aground on a sand flat? The men in the boat don't want Wrecker to call for help—in fact, they'll pay him to forget he ever saw them.

Wrecker would be happy to forget, but he keeps seeing these men all over Key West—at the marina, in the cemetery, even right outside his own door. And now they want more than his silence—they want a lookout.

He'll have to dive deep into their shady dealings to figure out a way to escape this tangled net. . . .
©2023 Carl Hiaasen (P)2023 Listening Library
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What the critics say

"Hiaasen packs his tale with rich character details, local history, and present-day concerns, all while carefully spinning a layered mystery that gets more serious with every turn. One heck of a ride."—Booklist, starred review

"A batten-down-the-hatches thriller anchored by critical real-life themes."—Kirkus Reviews

"Action-packed and endlessly funny."—Shelf Awareness

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Seemed to trail off

If you are a long time reader of CH this one might leave you a little disappointed. It was a good story and I enjoyed all the characters but then ending just kind of fizzled out. Worth the read but know it's not going be the best CH book you have read.

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