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Wrecker

By: Carl Hiaasen
Narrated by: Ron Butler
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Wrecker needs to deal with smugglers, grave robbers, and pooping iguanas—just as soon as he finishes Zoom school. Welcome to another wild adventure in Carl Hiaasen's Florida!

Valdez Jones VIII calls himself Wrecker because his great-great-great-great-great-grandfather salvaged shipwrecks for a living.

So is it destiny, irony, or just bad luck when Wrecker comes across a speedboat that has run hard aground on a sand flat? The men in the boat don't want Wrecker to call for help—in fact, they'll pay him to forget he ever saw them.

Wrecker would be happy to forget, but he keeps seeing these men all over Key West—at the marina, in the cemetery, even right outside his own door. And now they want more than his silence—they want a lookout.

He'll have to dive deep into their shady dealings to figure out a way to escape this tangled net. . . .

©2023 Carl Hiaasen (P)2023 Listening Library Action & Adventure Humorous Fiction Literature & Fiction Mysteries Mystery & Suspense Fiction Comedy Funny Witty

Critic reviews

"Hiaasen packs his tale with rich character details, local history, and present-day concerns, all while carefully spinning a layered mystery that gets more serious with every turn. One heck of a ride."—Booklist, starred review

"A batten-down-the-hatches thriller anchored by critical real-life themes."—Kirkus Reviews

"Action-packed and endlessly funny."—Shelf Awareness
Engaging Storytelling • Environmental Message • Outstanding Voice • Quirky Characters • Unique Humor • Vivid Setting
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I liked having some young people in the story. I hope Carl Hiaasen males a trend of it.

Refreshing new young characters from CH

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So this one was pretty disappointing. Not much humor and a so so story line without interesting characters you find in his earlier books.

I love Carl Hiaasen’s books

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Another fantastic story by Carl Hiaasen. Kept me glued to the radio. Recommend to everyone

Loved it

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It's kind of funny, I think your teenager would enjoy this work possiblly. Definitely is not for a Adult person with an over room temperature IQ
What about Carl getting on years now So maybe that's it I did enjoy a lot of his earlier works..

Hey Carl why didn't you say it was a kids book ?

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The action made it difficult to put the book down. The cliffhangers were awesome! Declan

Best book from Carl H. ever!!

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I don’t do well keeping my attention on something but this book had my attention. Enjoyed it so much! Can’t wait to listen to more by this author

Love love, love it

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So, like most other reviewers on here, I was unaware this novel was YA, but I read it anyway. it was certainly good and imaginative enough, but it's amazing how much I miss Hiassen's gritty dialogue.. hopefully Amazon makes us aware next time he writes a YA novel. Bleep.

Duped! But hey, what the bleep- I read it anyway

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The narrator of this book sounds like an infomercial sales person. Some of the dialogue sounds like an attempt from an old person struggling to capture what young people sound like,

Terrible Narration, Cringey Dialogue

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ALL Carl Hiassen books are truly spectacular reads! I can't wait until the next book!

The attention to detail

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Being a huge Carl Hiaasen fan, I loved this book. Unfortunately, the narrator was not able to bring forth the subtle, in your face humor that is typical of the Hiaasen imagination.

Great book, uninspired narrator

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