It was published in 1982, but I doubt the culture of the Florida Keys has changed very much from how it is presented in the novel. ‘Trap Line' by Bill Montalbano and Carl Hiaasen is a good crime thriller. Perfect for fans of the Doc Ford novels by Randy Wayne White, Trap Line is an action-packed preview of Hiaasen’s stellar Florida-set crime novels including Sick Puppy, Tourist Season, and Razor Girl. But when he gets busted by the crooked chief of police and becomes a target of the drug machine’s brutal hit men, Albury becomes a vigilante on the seas of Florida, unleashing a fiery and relentless vengeance on the most dangerous criminals south of Miami.Īlong with Powder Burn and A Death in China, this is one of the early suspense thrillers written by Carl Hiaasen and Bill Montalbano, a writing team praised for their “fine flair for characters and settings” ( Library Journal ). Meanwhile, Cuban and Colombian drug smugglers thrive all around-and they have their sights set on Albury and his fishing boat.Īfter the smugglers cut his three hundred trap lines and crush his livelihood, Albury is forced to run drugs to survive. Though he is one of Key West’s most skilled fishing captains, Breeze Albury barely ekes out a living on the meager earnings of his trade. A Key West fishing captain takes on Florida’s drug lords in this “splendidly written” crime story coauthored by the #1 New York Times –bestselling novelist ( The New York Times Book Review ).
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