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Bad Monkey
Carl Hiaasen
Knopf: 2012, 317 pages
Reviewed by Tori Lyons
Andrew Yancey is a former Key West police detective who is reassigned to Health Inspector after an unfortunate incident involving his girlfriend's husband and a handheld vacuum. When an arm is found by a tourist on a fishing excursion, Yancey sees this as his ticket back onto the force. The unofficial investigation takes him to Miami and the Bahamas where he encounters a poncho-clad real estate developer, a kinky medical examiner, a voodoo witch, and the titular monkey, who retired to the islands after starring in the Pirates of the Caribbean films. While I'm not generally a Hiaasen fan, I think his audiobooks are ideal for road trips. They are light and entertaining, not requiring too much of your attention, and are humorous enough to appeal to a wide-range of travel companions.
