for me, FLA starts with the 60's boho macho musings of John D MacD; travels
thru Dutch's sunbaked criminal thrillers, my favorite being CAT CHASER; takes a
left turn thru delirium with Carl Hiaasen, my choice being SKIN TIGHT; and
adds a journalistic bent with Edna Buchanan, who's great with an anecdote if not
a story. then they start to blend a little: Laurence Shames is kind of
Leonard-light mixed with Hiaasen quirk. James W. Hall has a bit of Hiaasen mixed
with MacDonald. his series character Thorn could be Travis McGee's bastard
child. both Hall and Shames have solid plotting skills and I'd consider them
modern thriller writers. and then there's Professor Hall's former student
Vicki, who sexes it up and makes you pay for your fun
but the definitive voice of Florida crime fiction has to be Charles
Willeford, with his off-center and incredibly pragmatic if amoral point of view
John Lau
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