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Trap Line Kindle Edition

by Carl Hiaasen (Author), Bill Montalbano (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 5,269 ratings
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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).

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. Meanwhile, Cuban and Colombian drug smugglers thrive all around—and they have their sights set on Albury and his fishing boat.
 
After the smugglers cut his three hundred trap lines and crush his livelihood, Albury is forced to run drugs to survive. 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.
 
Along 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). 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.
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Published in 1984, 1981, and 1982, respectively, these novels feature action, intrigue, violence, and murder. In the Hitchcock vein, they also portray protagonists who are just ordinary people?a professor, an architect, and a fishing-boat captain?who are dragged into extraordinary circumstances. LJ's reviewer found Death in China "tautly written," adding that Montalbano and Hiaasen have a "fine flair for characters and settings" (LJ 4/1/84).
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“A piece of nautical adventure writing worthy of C.S. Forester.” — Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine“[Hiaasen is] Florida’s most entertainingly indignant social critic.” — The New York Times

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00BBPW90C
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Open Road Media Mystery & Thriller; Reprint edition (December 28, 2010)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 28, 2010
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3425 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 255 pages
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    Carl Hiaasen was born and raised in Florida, where he still lives. He is a prize-winning journalist with a regular column in the Miami Herald and many articles in varied magazines. He started writing crime fiction in the early 1980s and has recently branched out into children's books; he has also had several works of non-fiction published.

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Andy McKinney
5.0 out of 5 stars Earily Haaisen
Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2023
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Trap Line was written in 1984. It is not the familiar, wildly funny, screw ball stories of his later fame. This tale is a straight-up thriller involving vile miscreants in Key West. With 5,000 ratings, I will just say that this is a very good book. I couldn't put it down.
Sad to say that the drug business in Florida, even in those days was dangerous, daunting and filled with disgusting players. Just like now. Go figure.
Highly recommended for thriller fans.
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Ravzender
4.0 out of 5 stars A fun read, but not a funny Hiaasen book
Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2024
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I enjoyed this story of revenge in south Florida. Carl and Bill do a wonderful job of storytelling. This is not as funny as Carl's other books. Also, there are not as many oddball characters the Carl is famous for. However, it is a fun read and I believe you will enjoy it.
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Kevin H.
5.0 out of 5 stars Carl hits it out of the park
Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2020
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Preface: I love Carl Hiaasen's writing. I encountered him I while substitute teaching in an elementary school. The students were working on vocabulary, which have me some quiet down time. So I decided to read. Picked up Hoot ... loved it. Flashed through that, moved on to Flush, then Scat, and Chomp before moving into his non-youth books. Read Razor Girl, Skinny Dip, and Nature Girl. THEN, I found out he writes mysteries with Bill Montalbano!

Trap Line was Carl Hiaasen in spades. His humor is subtle but thickly woven into the story. His eye for detail -- not boring, drone on and on detail -- but wonderfully knitted as you go. And then these two guys create a mystery! I can't wait to read more! You feel Breeze's angst, his sensitivity, his yearning for a non-fishing life, and you find yourself really rooting for him, but worried that things will go South ... again. This pair develops characters who get under your skin. I found myself wishing I could hang out with some of the characters. Others literally pissed me off or made me sick to my stomach.
It's a fun read that will hold your attention to the end.
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Tucson Guy
3.0 out of 5 stars A Disappointing Read
Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2024
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This book, while well-written, is full of violence and unlikeable characters. I have like other books these two have written but found this one a bit if a struggle to get through.
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Ope En Book
4.0 out of 5 stars Fishermen, Drugs, Colombians...oh my
Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2014
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Breeze Albury is a fisherman in Key West who is struggling to make ends meet. At one other point, he delivered a load of drugs in hope of making some much needed money, got caught and served time. He doesn't want to do that again, but someone has cut all of his traps, leaving him unable to pay the bills. So he decides to make one more run, and gets caught again. The syndicate that he was making a run for provides a dirt bag lawyer who offers a deal - make a special run to move some Colombians into Florida, and all charges will go away, plus there will be a nice payday.

Of course everything goes horribly, horribly wrong. In addition to Breeze's plot, there's a special prosecutor sent by the governor who is trying to clean up the Keys, and she knows Breeze can provide some very useful information. Additionally the sheriff and his cronies are going to face a challenge from the gay business owners in town (and others who are sick of the corruption).

This book was closer to Hiaasen's later novels, a bit more quirky and fun overall. I had a hard time believing that the restaurant owner whose partner left him would suddenly go straight, but if that's the only thing I had a tough time believing, that's alright I guess.
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Go Bills 2018
5.0 out of 5 stars Get trapped into a great read!
Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2023
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Been a while since I read Carl Hiaasen, since it always seems like I come across books of his I already read. He and Montalbano can take a land locked Parrot Head and in a couple hundred pages move me to Florida. Fun story, great characters and a cheap trip south. Loved it!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Maybe more Montalbano than Hiaasen....
Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2022
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I hadn't noticed the dual byline until after reading this book, but when I saw it everything became clear: *this* is why "Trap Line" is different than the usual Carl Hiaasen novel. "Trap Line" followed a more straightforward plot using more normal characters than frequent readers of Hiaasen's fiction expect to find.

That isn't to say this is a poor book by any means -- it's just different. Fishing boat captain Breeze Albury is generally a terrific hero -- a devoted father who's made some mistakes. Sadly, he goes off the rails a bit and takes on a job he knew better than to accept and it all goes (as we know it will) badly.

I loved the Florida Keys setting and Hiaasen uses it to its full advantage, making Breeze's adroitness on the water completely believable. And when someone cuts his trap line, plunging thousands of dollars of equipment (and potential catch) into the ocean, he's set up for to take the risk he really knows he shouldn't. What's too bad is Breeze seems just a little too dense to see who's behind this deed and why, and to extract revenge in a way he seems completely capable of executing. That's the primary flaw of the book for me, and the one thing that nagged at me throughout.

Had that string of the plot been pulled a little more tightly, Breeze's character would have come across (at least for me) as more plausible, rather than him behaving sort of "blinders-on, blinders-off" as the plot needed him to be. Sadly, it cost this otherwise strong adventure a star in this rating.
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Charlie Johnson
5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding
Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2023
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Vintage Hiaasen. Several intriguing story arcs that come together nicely. One mistake that shows that Hiaasen is not a mariner: when Breeze sees the red and green nav lights, he states that they are bow and stern lights. They are, in fact, sidelights-red to port green to starboard. A small thing.
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anticipation
5.0 out of 5 stars Good Florida Keys thriller .
Reviewed in Canada on October 1, 2020
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Well told Florida story , as always , by Carl Hiaasen ,with a little less of his great humour .
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Kavita
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun!!
Reviewed in India on November 1, 2018
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Book was delivered in good condition. Carl Hiaasen is one of my favourite authors. Of course the book was good fun!
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Patricia Arnott
4.0 out of 5 stars Gripping yarn
Reviewed in Australia on January 23, 2021
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Great, face-paced and tight.
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Teacher
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant as always
Reviewed in Germany on July 3, 2014
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There is no one who can write in such an entertaining and ironic way! Makes you want to go and see Florida - but then you woud just be another of those obnoxious tourists who die like flies in Hiaasen's books . . .
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E. Mathewson
5.0 out of 5 stars Great!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 20, 2014
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I'm pretty new to Carl Hiaasen, I bought Sick Puppy/Skin Tight from a charity shop and there's been no going back since! I though I'd have a look on the kindle store and found this book and really enjoyed it. It's easy to read and a witty, fun book. I'll definitely be reading more Carl Hiaasen books!
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