Name: Bad Monkey
ISBN: 9780307272591

Carl Hiaasen

Anticipating his retirement from the Key West Police, Andrew Yancy tackles a murder case involving a human arm in his freezer, an investigation that pits him against a twitchy widow, a clueless real estate developer and a voodoo witch with a string of hapless lovers. By the best-selling author of Star Island.

Bad Monkey

When a severed arm is discovered by a couple on honeymoon in the Florida Keys, former police detective - now reluctant restaurant inspector - Andrew Yancy senses that something doesn't add up. Determined to get his badge back, he undertakes an unofficial investigation of his own. Andrew's search for the truth takes him to the Bahamas, where a local man, with the help of a very bad monkey (who allegedly worked on the Pirates of the Caribbean movies) is doing everything in his power to prevent a developer from building a new tourist resort on the island, with deadly consequences . . . Outrageous, hilarious and addictive, this is the unique Carl Hiaasen at his absolute best. Bad Monkey will have you on the edge of your seat and laughing out loud.

It bobbles along. I’m wary of any book that describes itself as ‘laugh out loud funny’. I was right to be. It made me smile now and again. And it wasn’t ‘edge of your seat’ thriller-y either. But it had a good story arc, and enough going on to keep you interested. I’d say the paper equivalent of bubblegum pop. 

Jan Jackson

G. Jason Head

Sonia Grgas

Pretty damn funny, the interconnected parts were almost like watching an early Guy Ritchie movie and a little deep in some parts of it. Characters were well developed and that monkey is something! Fairly fast paced, never a dull moment, and the way Florida is described makes me want to go there too. 