- Hardcover: 304 pages
- Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd (Jan 14 1991)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0434312428
- ISBN-13: 978-0434312429
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16.2 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 558 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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From Publishers Weekly
Shaw Chandler, a 30-something paramedic with the Miami fire department, returns to his home in the Keys to come to terms with the suspicious circumstances of his father's suicide. Meanwhile Trula Montoya, his high school sweetheart and once a Manhattan soap opera star, has also returned--to decide what to do with the rest of a life blighted by the onset of MS. Shaw and Trula eventually realize a link between local deaths--of the natural and unnatural varieties--and are drawn deeply into danger as they begin to unravel biological warfare, a cover-up and a double murder involving both of their fathers 20 years before. The dynamic and romantic duo are truly nice people (and well-drawn characters) who deserve a happy ending, but the rest of Hall's ( Tropical Freeze ) cast is an unsavory bunch: not only does Douglas Barnes, still reaping the financial rewards from his part in the evil business, kill with cruel pleasure, but his deranged, foul-mouthed son Dougie tries to win his respect by acting as his hatchet man. By the time the homicidal pair receives its just deserts--in a fast-paced life-and-death struggle in a garbage disposal factory--the body count is as high as the surf. Literary Guild alternate; author tour.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
From School Library Journal
YA-- Characters struggling to overcome personal flaws, ruthless and bizarre villains, and mountains of garbage are all central to Hall's suspense novel set in the Florida Keys. He has crafted a thriller with an eco-twist: the evil-doer is the owner of an ultramodern incinerator and landfill. Such tools provide him with the perfect means to dispose of the evidence, whether it be dangerous gunk produced by labs seeking to circumvent EPA regulators, or murder weapons and their unfortunate victims. Hero Shaw Chandler, a south Florida paramedic, suffers from an inability to commit to any loving relationship until, in the course of solving the peculiar murder of his long-lost father, he reestablishes contact with his high school sweetheart. They encounter the owner of the landfill; his murderous son Dougie, a flawed boy-man with an appetite for sex and body building; and discover the terrible toxic secret that shaped all of their lives and inevitably brings them together for the gruesome climax. This novel is about secrets and revelations, growth and self-discovery, and is sure to appeal to readers in search of fast-paced chills written in an unchallenging style.
- Carolyn E. Gecan, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Fairfax County, VA
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
- Carolyn E. Gecan, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Fairfax County, VA
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Nobody does it like James W Hall!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Bones of Coral (Mass Market Paperback)
James W Hall has a knack for creating quirky characters and sleazy bad guys. In this book, he has outdone himself with Dougie Barnes, a dimwitted, muscle-bound, rhyme-spouting, trash-talking thug with an appetite for murder and sex. If you think he's bad, wait until you meet his dad, Douglas, Sr.In Bones of Coral, ambulance paramedic Shaw Chandler of Miami finds his long lost dad dead in an apparent suicide. Then he gets a frantic call from his Mom. The next thing you know, Shaw is headed to his hometown of Key West to learn the truth about his dad's death and some startling discoveries about his past. James W Hall is an excellent story teller and Bones of Coral is a knock down thriller that will stay with you long after you put it down. FIVE STARS!!
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what happens when a poet writes a adventure,
By A Customer
This review is from: Bones of Coral (Mass Market Paperback)
Hall has the ability to bring you right into setting and engross the reader in the story. As in all of his books, he always has great villians and that is the fun part of the book.
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A Fine Suspense,
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This review is from: Bones of Coral (Mass Market Paperback)
James W. Hall not only tells an intriguing story, but his quality of writing is superior to most in this genre.
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