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    Hammerhead Ranch Motel
    Hammerhead Ranch Motel
    Hammerhead Ranch Motel
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    Hammerhead Ranch Motel

    Written by Tim Dorsey

    Narrated by George Wilson

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    There's a different schemer or slimeball behind every door: cocaine duckpins who have survived only by the dumbest fortune, hard-luck gigolos desperate to score, undercover cops busting undercover cops who are running sting operations on undercover cops. And just down the row, local historian and spree killer Serge A. Storms-who has stopped keeping up with his meds-is still looking for a briefcase stuffed with five million dollars . and is now capable of wreaking more havoc than hurricane Rolando-berto, the big wind gathering force offshore, just waiting for the opportunity to blow everything straight to hell. Pack up your bags and head south to sunny Florida. Leave your rational mind at home and come well armed. There's a room with your number on it at the Hammerhead Ranch Motel. "Close on the hyperactive heels of last year's Florida Roadkill, Tampa writer Tim Dorsey has unleashed an equally blistering sequel."-Florida Today
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateMay 27, 2011
    ISBN9781456123147
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    Tim Dorsey

    Tim Dorsey was a reporter and editor for the Tampa Tribune from 1987 to 1999, and is the author of twenty-five other novels: Mermaid Confidential, Tropic of Stupid, Naked Came the Florida Man, No Sunscreen for the Dead, Pope of Palm Beach, Clownfish Blues, Coconut Cowboy, Shark Skin Suite, Tiger Shrimp Tango, The Riptide Ultra-Glide, When Elves Attack, Pineapple Grenade, Electric Barracuda, Gator A-Go-Go, Nuclear Jellyfish, Atomic Lobster, Hurricane Punch, The Big Bamboo, Torpedo Juice, Cadillac Beach, The Stingray Shuffle, Triggerfish Twist, Orange Crush, Hammerhead Ranch Motel, and Florida Roadkill. He lives in Florida.

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    • 5/5
      Another great Dorsey novel. His stories are amazing and off the wall
    • 4/5
      When I picked this book up I thought it sounded like a cross between Randy Wayne White and Carl Hiaasen. I didn't find any RWW, but it started out a bit Hiaasen-like. However, it quickly found its own groove with an offbeat, hysterical writing style. There were tons of weird and wacky things going on, the story jumped around left and right and to and fro, and I frequently caught myself laughing out loud.Initially I thought the pacing was good because it was just so damn funny, but after a while I couldn’t really see where the story was going since it was all over the place. Ultimately it was all headed to the Hammerhead Ranch Motel, but it still wasn’t really going anywhere plotwise. About halfway through the book I was getting tired of the zany for the sake of zaniness and wacky for the sake of wackiness, I was starting to wish the story would end already because it seemed to simply drag along with no real purpose. It had a purpose, but there were so many moving parts that I didn't really care by the time I was reaching the end of the book.Anyway, still worth reading and I will be looking for more Tim Dorsey for whenever I am in the frame of mind to read this kind of book. Plus, I came to appreciate Serge and his endless litany of all things Florida.
    • 4/5
      Hilarious! Loved the tongue in cheek commentary and jokes.
    • 4/5
      My favorite Serge Storms (so far). There are parts that still tickle my funny bone when I think of them.
    • 4/5
      Serge Storms, lovable serial killer, follows the suitcase of drug money with millions through Florida. Along the way he meets many characters almost as crazy but not as lovable as himself. This particular novel focuses on the history of hurricanes and the current data collection there of.This is now the fourth book I've read and this series. And there is no character development, only plot lines and history of Florida. It serves merely as an entertaining read as it isn't very deep-all action.
    • 4/5
      Though this book is funny and jam-packed with quirky facts and circumstances, I was a little let down by the rambling, disjointed feeling that it left me with. The sequence of events surrounding the loss of 5 million dollars was clever , but this sequence was never put in any sort of logical order. Hell, it wasn't even recapped at the end of the book. Hell, I still don't really know whose money it was and why it was in a strange car. The characters were great, the dialogue funny, but I really needed to make myself a timeline or something.
    • 3/5
      More sex, drugs and rock-and-roll marked Tim Dorsey’s second installment of the Serge A. Storm series. In Hammerhead Ranch Motel, Dorsey picked up where his first book, Florida Roadkill left off. Serge was still hunting down the suitcase with the $5 million, and a band of merry misfits intentionally (or unintentionally) got in his way. Not even a powerful hurricane could sway Serge from his quest for more riches.Like the previous book, Hammerhead Ranch Motel was not for the faint of heart. There’s enough marijuana, cocaine and illicit sex to sink a boat. Where this book sparkled was the depiction of local landmarks and quirky news stories that showed the underbelly of the Sunshine State.Hammerhead Ranch Motel was a wild ride – a fast, poolside read – that had me laughing at parts and groaning in others. Again, I could only recommend these books to Floridians who can appreciate the humor and wackiness that is Florida. I would also recommend putting some time between reading Dorsey books. They are a bit formulaic, and readers may enjoy them individually if read a month or two apart.
    • 4/5
      This one ranks right up there with Roadkill. So far this is the last one I have read. I started the 3rd in the series but couldn't get into it. All the sarcasm & surprises were just too much this time (3rd book). It left me feeling like I'd been hit by a semi. Maybe some other time.
    • 4/5
      Writing in the Bunch-of-Crazy-People-Who-Live-In-South-Florida genre, Tim Doresy is like Carl Hiaasen with a mean streak.
    • 4/5
      The Hammerhead Ranch Motel on Tampa Bay, owned by a cocaine-dealing, nursing home cheating, call-center bamboozler named Zargoza is invaded by Serge Storms and a variety of other Florida weirdoes as Hurricane Rolando-Berto is about to come ashore.
    • 5/5
      2nd Serge novel. Very funny and lots of fun.
    • 4/5
      Zaney, Wacky story, always a good laugh
    • 4/5
      What's to say, fun, fast, furious reading. All of Dorsey's books push the right buttons.