Bet you can’t say it three times fast: Randy Wayne White. Doesn’t matter. Read the books, preferably in sequence since Doc does get older and (possibly) wiser as his character develops. The setting is southwest Florida, for the most part, although Doc does get around the tropics some. Doc is a marine biologist who collects rare specimens for sale to a variety of venues, but somehow he manages to get mixed up in some serious intrigue in spite of the fact that Dinkin’s Bay is definitely more of a backwater than Gulf Shores.
There is a lot of action in these books and a lot of great mystery as well. White does a fine job developing the story line and gives a good historical and geographical treatment of the areas he sets the tale in as well. So start with Sanibel Flats then The Heat Islands and continue on from there. You won’t be disappointed.
Think southern, dripping with magnolias, humidity, sweet honeysuckle, spanish moss, southern belles, trailer trash, well you get the idea. Just read the first page and a half of the preface and you will understand that this first novel by Paula Wall is a must read for any southerner—male or female. As you come to know the Belle family you will laugh and cry or do both at the same time depending on your mood. Whenever a customer comes in the store and can’t decide on what they want and can’t give me a clue, this is the single book I go to and I always suggest they read part of the book, just as I did above. Nearly every person buys a copy. It is really hard to resist. You just HAVE to turn the page to see what happens next.
Mary
There is a lot of action in these books and a lot of great mystery as well. White does a fine job developing the story line and gives a good historical and geographical treatment of the areas he sets the tale in as well. So start with Sanibel Flats then The Heat Islands and continue on from there. You won’t be disappointed.
Think southern, dripping with magnolias, humidity, sweet honeysuckle, spanish moss, southern belles, trailer trash, well you get the idea. Just read the first page and a half of the preface and you will understand that this first novel by Paula Wall is a must read for any southerner—male or female. As you come to know the Belle family you will laugh and cry or do both at the same time depending on your mood. Whenever a customer comes in the store and can’t decide on what they want and can’t give me a clue, this is the single book I go to and I always suggest they read part of the book, just as I did above. Nearly every person buys a copy. It is really hard to resist. You just HAVE to turn the page to see what happens next.
Mary
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