Riptide Ultra-Glide by Tim Dorsey, 294 pages
Patrick and Barbara McDougall have just been laid off form their jobs as teachers and have decided that now is the perfect time for them just get away for nice Florida vacation. Unfortunately thing start to down hill for them the minute they arrive. Their luggage is lost, their motel isn't exactly how it's pictured in brochures, and a string of events now prevents them from leaving the state. Meanwhile the there's a war brewing between rival drug smugglers over the control of Florida's growing number of pain clinics. To top everything off Coleman seems to have become famous enough for everyone to want his signature. All of this fits perfectly with Serge's next big idea though, and that is to film the next great reality show, starring against their wills, the McDougalls who may or may not be safer with Serge around.
Dorsey continues his series with more strange characters and interesting deaths, such as murder by pelican or death by sandcastle. One the best things about this book is that it continues to explore the character of Coleman, letting him recount an adventure without Serge and making him mildly famous to allow him to share his drug culture wisdom with his fans. While this series generally follows the same overall style every book the characters and details continue to make it worth reading
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