Tim Dorsey
Tim Dorsey was a reporter and editor for the Tampa Tribune from 1987 to 1999, and is the author of twenty-four novels: Tropic of Stupid, Naked Came the Florida Man, No Sunscreen for the Dead, Pope of Palm Beach, Clownfish Blues, Coconut Cowboy, Shark Skin Suite, Tiger Shrimp Tango, The Riptide Ultra-Glide, When Elves Attack, Pineapple Grenade, Electric Barracuda, Gator A-Go-Go, Nuclear Jellyfish, Atomic Lobster, Hurricane Punch, The Big Bamboo, Torpedo Juice, Cadillac Beach, The Stingray Shuffle, Triggerfish Twist, Orange Crush, Hammerhead Ranch Motel, and Florida Roadkill. He lives in Florida.
All Books By Tim Dorsey
Atomic Lobster
- By: Tim Dorsey
- Narrator: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 10 hours 23 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: January 22, 2008
- Language: English
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4.02(3033 ratings)
Why is everyone rushing to flee Tampa on a cruise ship to hell?
Serge is back with a bullet, torn between homicide and souvenirs. So is Coleman, torn between getting hammered and getting more hammered. Then there’s good ol’ Jim Davenport, the E-Team, the Diaz Brothers, and Johnny Vegas, the Accidental Virgin, cranking up the fevered action as the pot boils over on a street called Lobster Lane.
It’s reunion time in the Sunshine State, and we’re not just talking the family jamboree of that blood-soaked criminal clan, the McGraws, whose nastiest, meanest member is finally released from prison and heads south bent on revenge. On top of it all, the government is covering up a growing list of mysterious victims across Florida who may or may not be connected to a nefarious plot being hatched against national security.
But wait! There’s more on the horizon! Who is the oddly familiar femme fatale named Rachael? Is Serge wrong that guns, drugs, and strippers don’t mix? What sets the Non-Confrontationalists off on a rampage? What finally brings Coleman and Lenny together? Will they succeed in building the biggest bong ever? And can Serge surf a rogue wave to victory?
So batten the hatches, don the life jackets, and take cover as all these questions and more are answered in the latest adventure from the acclaimed author of Hurricane Punch.
... Read moreCadillac Beach
- By: Tim Dorsey
- Narrator: Tim Dorsey
- Length: 10 hours 39 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: January 16, 2008
- Language: English
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4.14(3279 ratings)
Serge A. Storms is back! The one-man crime spree hits no speed bumps as he swings through Tampa, Disney World, and parts south before settling down in Miami Beach to team up with a former sidekick and launch his long-overdue offbeat travel service. It’s a labor of love as Serge forces customers to confront the underbelly of the Sunshine State’s past and present. Some clients get it; others run for their lives. No matter. Bullets fly, cars crash, bodies pile up, fireballs reach into the sky, local lore is recited. The tour continues. Our overachieving antihero has a full to-do list, and he multitasks during the tourist juggernaut to battle the Palermo crime family, mystery assassins, local police, the FBI, the CIA, Fidel Castro, and telemarketers. Serge is also out to solve a forty-year-old mystery involving the infamous “Murph the Surf” gem heist. Could this be what got his grandfather killed? So we jump into the time machine to meet his eccentric granddad, Sergio, who is running a small-time bookie operation in 1964 Miami Beach, a golden time and place populated by the Beatles, Cassius Clay, James Bond, Jackie Gleason, and Flipper. Back to live action! Serge and his customers have become the hunted, hopscotching through a series of famous hotel rooms. But Serge tells them not to worry. He has a master plan, which is about to unfold in all of its insane glory…on Cadillac Beach!
... Read moreClownfish Blues
- By: Tim Dorsey
- Narrator: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 9 hours 22 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: January 24, 2017
- Language: English
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3.93(984 ratings)
A (Serge A.) Storm is brewing for a cabal of bad guys gaming the Florida state lottery in this insanely funny novel from the maestro of mayhem, Tim Dorsey.
If you’re loud and proud Floridian Serge A. Storms, how do you follow up your very own remake of Easy Rider? You shoot your own “episodes” of your favorite classic television show, Route 66!
With Coleman riding shotgun, Serge is rolling down the highway of his dreams in a vintage silver convertible Corvette just like the snazzy car Martin Milner drove. It doesn’t matter that the actual Route 66 didn’t pass through Florida, for Serge discovers that a dozen episodes near the series’ end were filmed (really!) in his beloved home state. So for Serge and the always toked and stoked Coleman, the Sunshine State is all the road you need to get your kicks.
But their adventure traveling the byways of the Sunshine State’s underbelly is about to take a detour. Someone is trying to tilt the odds in the state lottery amidst a conga line of huge jackpots spinning off more chaos than any hurricane season. With this much at stake, of course every shady character wants in. Crooked bodega owners, drug cartels laundering money through the lottery, and venture capitalists are all trying to game the system–and lining up to get their cut. They’re also gambling with their lives, because when Serge and Coleman get hip to this timely (and very lucrative) trip, there’s no telling whose number is up next.
Throw in Brooke Campanella, Serge’s old flame, as well as the perpetually star-crossed Reevis, and it’s a sure bet that the ever lucky Serge will hit it big. Winning has never been this deadly–or this much fun!
... Read moreCoconut Cowboy
- By: Tim Dorsey
- Narrator: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 9 hours 15 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: January 26, 2016
- Language: English
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3.93(1435 ratings)
Channeling his inner Easy Rider, Serge Storms saddles up for his most epic, lethal, and hilarious road trip ever as he revvs off to find the lost American Dream . . . starting in the Florida Panhandle.
Obsessed with the iconic Sixties classic Easy Rider, encyclopedic Floridaphile, lovable serial killer, and movie buff extraordinaire Serge A. Storms devises his wildest plan yet: finish the journey begun by his freewheeling heroes, Captain America and Billy, tragically cut short by some shotgun-wielding rednecks.
Setting a course for the Florida panhandle, Captain Serge–with Coleman literally riding shotgun–mounts his classic motorcycle and hits the highway in search of the real America: the apple-pie-eating, freedom-swilling moms and pops of Main Street USA.
But the America he finds in the rural burgs dotting the neck of the peninsula is a little bit different . . . and a whole lot weirder than anything Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper encountered. In a state where criminal politicians are more common than gators, Serge and Coleman discover one particular speed-trap locale so aggressively inept at corruption that investigators are baffled where to start.
Expect nothing less than madness, mayhem, ingenious homicides, and mind-altering pharmaceuticals when Serge and Coleman’s path intersects with the Sunshine State’s hyper-dysfunctional rusticity.
Where’s Jack Nicholson when you need him?
... Read moreElectric Barracuda
- By: Tim Dorsey
- Narrator: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 11 hours 2 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: January 25, 2011
- Language: English
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4.12(2027 ratings)
“Dorsey differs from writers such as Carl Hiassen, James Hall, and Elmore Leonard…These guys fire bullets. Dorsey makes sure his gun is filled with hollow-point.”
—Sarasota Herald Tribune
Readers who can’t get enough of lovable serial killer Serge A. Storms can rejoice. He’s back in Electric Barracuda–the latest outrageous romp through the Sunshine State by Tim Dorsey, master of the zany crime thriller. This time Serge is a fugitive running from the police, and murder and mayhem have never been more over-the-top hilarious. Tim Dorsey’s Electric Barracuda is not to be missed. The Miami Herald put it best: “Nobody, but nobody, writes like this guy.”
... Read moreFlorida Roadkill
- By: Tim Dorsey
- Narrator: Tim Dorsey
- Length: 10 hours 23 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: May 06, 2011
- Language: English
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3.69(7566 ratings)
Sunshine State trivia buff Serge A. Storms loves eliminating jerks and pests. His drug-addled partner Coleman loves cartoons. Hot stripper Sharon Rhodes loves cocaine, especially when purchased with rich dead men’s money. On the other hand, there’s Sean and David, who love fishing and are kind to animals — and who are about to cross paths with a suitcase filled with $5 million in stolen insurance money. Serge wants the suitcase. Sharon wants the suitcase. Coleman wants more drugs . . . and the suitcase. In the meantime, there’s murder by gun, Space Shuttle, Barbie doll, and Levi’s 501s. In other words, welcome to Tim Dorsey’s Florida — where nobody gets out unscathed and untanned!
... Read moreGator A-Go-Go
- By: Tim Dorsey
- Narrator: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 10 hours 42 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: January 26, 2010
- Language: English
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4.13(2377 ratings)
That’s right: Serge and Coleman do spring break!
It’s been a long time coming, but they’re at the party now–and you’ll never look at a Frisbee the same way again.
One spring break location obviously isn’t enough for Serge, so he must hit them all, traveling through various historic locales, spewing nuggets of history at anyone who won’t run away and dispensing his own signature brand of Sunshine State justice.
Along the way he and his sidekick, Coleman, attract a growing following of the nation’s top college students . . . and a mysterious gang that leaves a trail of young bodies in their wake.
Are the kids safer under Serge’s protection? Or does being with him put them in more peril? The classroom and the pot brownies never prepared them for this.
Which raises more questions: Who’s the guy studying satellite photos? Where did the protected witness go? When did Coleman get all those trophies? Why are the Feds hot on everyone’s trail? How did the burnt corpse end up by the pool? What’s the best way to keep beer cool on the beach?
Then there are the coke smugglers gone legit and a pair of the most dangerously sexy bartenders to ever mix a rum runner. Throw in some dirty dancing contests, illicit drugs, rockin’ tunes, screamin’ sports cars, bungee rides, pawned class rings, and church breakfasts, and you’ve got a potent concoction that keeps the hotel’s concierge up all night stopping people from falling off the balconies.
Want even more? Serge says, “You got it!”
After years of quiet, a legendary Miami kingpin from the anything-goes eighties is suddenly back in the news . . . along with one of the state’s most psychotic homicidal monsters, every bit as criminally insane as Serge–except without the morals.
The mysteries continue to mount: How did Coleman end up with even more disciples than Serge? Can kids successfully climb fences while carrying pizzas? Will Serge survive the carnage, armed with a GPS and a kiddie pool?
All will soon be answered–and of course every last moment is caught on tape as Serge creates his most excellent documentary ever, the making of Gator A-Go-Go.
Pack the cooler, load the car, and head to where the water is warm for a spring vacation you won’t soon forget–no matter how much you might try!
... Read moreHammerhead Ranch Motel
- By: Tim Dorsey
- Narrator: Tim Dorsey
- Length: 10 hours 13 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: May 27, 2011
- Language: English
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4.04(4459 ratings)
There’s a different schemer or slimeball behind every door: cocaine duckpins who have survived only by the dumbest fortune, hard-luck gigolos desperate to score, undercover cops busting undercover cops who are running sting operations on undercover cops. And just down the row, local historian and spree killer Serge A. Storms-who has stopped keeping up with his meds-is still looking for a briefcase stuffed with five million dollars . and is now capable of wreaking more havoc than hurricane Rolando-berto, the big wind gathering force offshore, just waiting for the opportunity to blow everything straight to hell. Pack up your bags and head south to sunny Florida. Leave your rational mind at home and come well armed. There’s a room with your number on it at the Hammerhead Ranch Motel. “Close on the hyperactive heels of last year’s Florida Roadkill, Tampa writer Tim Dorsey has unleashed an equally blistering sequel.”-Florida Today
... Read moreHurricane Punch
- By: Tim Dorsey
- Narrator: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 10 hours 27 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: January 23, 2007
- Language: English
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4.08(3497 ratings)
Welcome to another typical summer in Florida, the season of the storms. Serge Storms.
That loveable, under-under-medicated dispenser of truth, justice, and trivia is back with a vengeance. And not a weirdness-laced moment too soon.
His cherished home state is about to take a beating, and from far more than the way-too-routine conga line of hurricanes bearing down on the peninsula. Corpses have begun turning up at a disturbing rate, even for Florida, and it looks like a brutal serial killer is on the loose. Serge vows to stop at nothing in his juggernaut to make All Things Right…except if he gets bored or distracted by a cool souvenir or…or a…whatever.
But his path won’t be obstacle free.
Agent Mahoney has picked up the scent. The obsessive criminal profiler is convinced there is no second killer. Then there’s Coleman, whose triathlete approach to the sport of polyabuse binging just might derail the mission more than the entire police community put together. The pace picks up. Winds howl, TV reporters fly around the beach, and questions mount: Who’s stalking Tampa Bay’s most sensitive journalist? Do multiple orgasms improve storm tracking? Why is the feeding-tube guy so quiet? All of which ultimately leads to the most pressing question on everyone’s new-millennium lips: What would Serge do?
Performed by Oliver Wyman
... Read moreMermaid Confidential
- By: Tim Dorsey
- Narrator: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 11 hours 3 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: January 25, 2022
- Language: English
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4.13(659 ratings)
Serge A. Storms gives condo living a try in this latest acid-splashed Florida crime caper from the “insanely funny” (New York Times Book Review) Tim Dorsey.
Serge A. Storms and his permanently baked sidekick, Coleman, have decided to pump the brakes and live on island time. After years of manic road tripping across their beloved Sunshine State, the irrepressible anti-heroes drop anchor in the Florida Keys. They settle down in Pelican Bay, a thriving condo complex with scenic views and friendly neighbors. But the community is at war with investors who are buying up units and leasing them to young vacationers who party at all hours. With their little slice of heaven on the line, Serge takes it upon himself to convince the tourists to move on and quickly becomes a local favorite.
Meanwhile, the island chain’s long and rich smuggling heritage is causing mayhem–a gang war erupts when a local drug lord passes the family business to his young, enterprising son, and the sun-loving residents are suddenly dodging bullets.
Luckily, Florida’s most lovable serial killer is there to help!
... Read moreNaked Came the Florida Man
- By: Tim Dorsey
- Narrator: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 10 hours 14 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: January 07, 2020
- Language: English
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4.01(1307 ratings)
The “compulsively irreverent and shockingly funny” (Boston Globe) Tim Dorsey returns with an insanely entertaining tale in which the inimitable Serge A. Storms sees dead people and investigates a creepy urban myth that may be all too real.
Though another devastating hurricane is raking Florida, its awesome power can’t stop the Sunshine State’s most loyal son, Serge A. Storms, from his latest scenic road trip: a cemetery tour. With his best bro Colman riding shotgun, Serge hits the highway in his ’69 gold Plymouth Satellite, putting pedal to the metal on a grand tour of the past. Beginning in Key West, the sunshine boys’ odyssey includes a forgotten mass grave in Palm Beach county holding the remains of African Americans killed by the Great Hurricane of 1928, and the resting place of one world-famous television dolphin (RIP Flipper) from the 1960s.
But one deadland–a haunted old sugar field–holds more than just the bones of those who’ve passed. For years, local children have whispered about a boogeyman hiding among the stalks. Could it be the same maniac known as Naked Florida man who’s been raising hell all over the place?
There are few things Serge loves more than solving a good mystery and bestowing justice on miscreants who sully his beloved home’s good name. With his partner bong boy, Florida’s psycho superhero will find the truth in this hilariously violent delight–packed with history, lore, and plenty of motel antics–from the insanely ingenious Tim Dorsey.
... Read moreNo Sunscreen for the Dead
- By: Tim Dorsey
- Narrator: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 9 hours 44 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: January 15, 2019
- Language: English
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4.09(561 ratings)
The Sunshine State’s most lovable psychopath, Serge A. Storms, kills it in this zany adventure from the “compulsively irreverent and shockingly funny” (Boston Globe) king of mayhem, New York Times bestselling author Tim Dorsey.
Serge and Coleman are back on the road, ready to hit the next stop on their list of obscure and wacky points of interest in the Sunshine State. This time, Serge’s interest is drawn to one of the largest retirement villages in the world–also known as the site of an infamous sex scandal between a retiree and her younger beau that rocked the community.
What starts out as an innocent quest to observe elders in their natural habitats, sample the local cuisine, and scope out a condo to live out the rest of their golden years, soon becomes a Robin Hood-like crusade to recover the funds of swindled residents. After all, our seniors should be revered and respected–they’ve heroically fought in wars, garnered priceless wisdom, and they have the best first-hand accounts of bizarre Floridian occurrences only Serge would know about. But as the resident’s rally for Serge to seek justice on their behalves, two detectives are hot on the heels of Serge and Coleman’s murderous trail.
In this epic adventure that jumps between present day and the tumultuous times of the Vietnam war, mystery fans are in for a witty and deliciously violent delight from the twisted imagination of bestselling author Tim Dorsey.
... Read moreNuclear Jellyfish
- By: Tim Dorsey
- Narrator: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 9 hours 25 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: January 27, 2009
- Language: English
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4.1(3134 ratings)
“Dorsey’s brilliantly, profanely funny 11th novel…zips along like P.G. Wodehouse’s best work.”
—Richmond Times-Dispatch
Tim Dorsey’s outrageously zany, gleefully violent, and uproariously funny Nuclear Jellyfish marks the triumphant return of lovable, thrill-killing Florida historian and tireless civic booster Serge A. Storms. The bestselling author of Atomic Lobster, Triggerfish Twist, and Florida Roadkill, Dorsey can match Carl Hiaasen punch-for-punch when it comes to fictionally depicting Sunshine State madness–and he’s taken his rightful place alongside Christopher Moore in the pantheon of top American humorists. Nuclear Jellyfish is a veritable WMD of radioactive hilarity–as Denver’s Rocky Mountain News so aptly puts it, “It doesn’t get any better.”
... Read moreOrange Crush
- By: Tim Dorsey
- Narrator: Tim Dorsey
- Length: 11 hours 4 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: May 27, 2011
- Language: English
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4.06(3739 ratings)
Praising Tim Dorsey’s tongue-in-cheek humor, the Miami Herald wrote, “Nobody, but nobody, writes like this guy.” Here Florida politics take the main stage in a rollicking satire that proves Dorsey’s at the top of his game. When a traumatic experience forever changes Florida gubernatorial race candidate Marlon Conrad’s life, he hits the road in a Winnebago to find the “real” Florida. But his odyssey is plagued with would-be assassins and cutthroat journalists.
... Read morePineapple Grenade
- By: Tim Dorsey
- Narrator: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 11 hours 3 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: January 24, 2012
- Language: English
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3.98(1851 ratings)
“The undisputed king of the comic crime novel.”
—Providence Journal
“I guarantee Dorsey will never win the Nobel Prize for Literature–he’s far too funny.”
—Richmond Times-Dispatch
“If you’ve never read Dorsey, you need to start…You won’t be disappointed.”
—Miami Herald
Gloriously unrepentant Florida serial killer Serge Storms is back–and he’s finagled his way into becoming a secret agent in Miami–in another outrageous crime comedy from New York Times bestselling author, Tim Dorsey. In Pineapple Grenade, the incomparable Serge takes up spying for the president of a banana republic, and now Homeland Security wants to bring him down. It’s always a wild ride when Dorsey’s at the wheel, and with Pineapple Grenade he delivers his most explosively hilarious road trip to date.
... Read moreShark Skin Suite
- By: Tim Dorsey
- Narrator: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 9 hours 34 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: January 27, 2015
- Language: English
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4.04(1309 ratings)
Bottom feeders beware: the Sunshine State’s favorite psychotic killer and lovable Floridaphile Serge Storms has found a new calling, legal eagle, and he’s going to make a killing as a crusading attorney–and star as a dashing lawyer on the big screen–in this madcap escapade from the insanely funny New York Times bestselling author Tim Dorsey.
When it comes to swimming with the sharks, there is no bigger kahuna than Serge Storms. Binging on a marathon of legal movies set in Florida, Serge finds his calling: the law. Never mind law school or that degree, Serge becomes a freelance fixer–wildcat paralegal and pilgrim to the hallowed places where legal classics of the big screen such as Body Heat, Cool Hand Luke, and Absence of Malice were filmed practically in his own backyard.
One of Serge’s old flames, young lawyer Brook Campanella, is also a rising star thanks to her expertise in the field of foreclosure law. Ruthless at taking down the greedy banksters kicking people out of their homes, she lands a major class-action lawsuit, and wins big. The opposition is determined to shut her down and they’ll go to extreme lengths to do it.
Luckily for her, Serge has been hired to do some investigative legwork on the case. There’s nothing he likes better than saving a damsel in distress, especially when it means kicking a bunch of shyster butt. The mayhem comes to a hilarious head at the Key West courthouse, at the height of the island’s raucous Fantasy Fest street carnival, and no one, including Serge, will ever be the same.
... Read moreThe Big Bamboo
- By: Tim Dorsey
- Narrator: Tim Dorsey
- Length: 10 hours 34 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: May 23, 2008
- Language: English
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4.05(2508 ratings)
Tim Dorsey is the internationally best-selling author of the gleefully over-the-top series starring spree-killer Serge Storms. In The Big Bamboo, Serge and sidekick Coleman head out west to take on Hollywood bigwigs and L.A. lowlifes in Dorsey’s most outrageous novel yet. Before Tinseltown knows what’s hit it, Serge has made an unforgettable foray to the Playboy Mansion and come up against Japanese Yakuza and a host of wacky characters. “Serge and Coleman are an Abbott and Costello for the new millennium as they bumble their way from one ridiculous exploit to the next .”-Booklist
... Read moreThe Maltese Iguana
- By: Tim Dorsey
- Narrator: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 9 hours 50 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: February 28, 2023
- Language: English
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4.2(460 ratings)
Serge A. Storms is back on the road in the latest zany Florida caper from the “wickedly funny” (Entertainment Weekly) Tim Dorsey.
After a long and arduous COVID-19 quarantine, Serge A. Storms is fully vaccinated and ready to hit the road. Along with his condo neighbors, he cooks up a wild plan to celebrate in true Serge fashion: each week, they rent a shuttle van and head out for funky Florida road trips and some serious revelry.
Meanwhile, a CIA revenge operation down in Honduras goes very, very wrong. The local liaison hired to help with the mission is the only witness to the disaster, and the CIA quickly sets a black ops contractor on his trail to eliminate him.
Forced to flee his home country, the witness lands in Miami with a new identity and passport. But the CIA is still on his tail, pushing him further and further south to the Florida Keys, where he runs into Serge’s convoy. With Florida’s most lovable serial killer involved, the real party is about to get started…
... Read moreThe Pope of Palm Beach
- By: Tim Dorsey
- Narrator: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 9 hours 45 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: January 30, 2018
- Language: English
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4.11(1289 ratings)
From Florida’s king of mayhem–“compulsively irreverent and shockingly funny” (Boston Globe) New York Times bestselling author Tim Dorsey–comes a diabolically madcap adventure featuring the indomitable Serge A. Storms.
No one worships the Sunshine State as much as Serge A. Storms. Perpetually hunting Floridian arcana and lore, he and his permanently baked sidekick, Coleman, are on the road again. This time they’re on a frenzied literary pilgrimage that leads them back to Riviera Beach, the cozy seaside town where the boys spent their formative years.
Growing up, Serge was enthralled by the Legend of Riviera Beach, aka Darby, a welder at the port who surfed the local waves long before the hot spots were hot. A god on the water, the big-hearted surfer was a friend to everyone–the younger surfers, cops, politicians, wealthy businessmen and ordinary Joes–a generosity of spirit that earned him the admiration of all. Meanwhile, there was a much murkier legend that made the rounds of the schoolyards from Serge’s youth–that of the crazy hermit living in a makeshift jungle compound farther up the mysterious Loxahatchee River than anyone dared to venture.
Then Serge moved away. But never forgot.
Now he’s back, with those legends looming larger than ever in the rearview mirror of his memory. As his literary odyssey moves north from Key West, closer and closer to his old stomping grounds, Serge digs into the past as only Serge can. Along the way, he unintentionally disturbs some long-forgotten ground, attracting the attention of a cast of villains that only Florida can produce.
As the body count grows, so does the list of questions:
Why are the guys in the hard hats worried about the monkeys? When do you hack a motel air-conditioner? How does Coleman get high with cat toys? Who is expecting the dildo? And will book tours ever be the same after Serge decides to check one out?
Told in alternating flashbacks between Serge and Coleman’s childhoods and the present day, The Pope of Palm Beach is a witty and deliciously violent delight from the twisted imagination of Tim Dorsey.
... Read moreThe Riptide Ultra-Glide
- By: Tim Dorsey
- Narrator: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 9 hours 20 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: January 22, 2013
- Language: English
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3.88(1516 ratings)
Lovable serial killer Serge Storms is back and coming to the rescue of a Midwestern couple who aren’t finding Florida quite as charming as he does in Riptide Ultra-Guide, the sixteenth installment in Tim Dorsey’s bestselling series.
When newly unemployed Patrick and Barbara McDougal decide a vacation in Florida is just what they need to put life back on the right track, awful accommodations, a robbery, and a not-so-helpful police department make them rethink their decision to drown their troubles in paradise.
Luckily, charismatic (and crazy!) tour guide Serge Storms and his sidekick, Coleman, are up for another action-packed adventure in this outrageous crime thriller that Tim Dorsey fans won’t soon forget.
... Read moreThe Stingray Shuffle
- By: Tim Dorsey
- Narrator: Tim Dorsey
- Length: 11 hours 15 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: July 29, 2011
- Language: English
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4.15(4083 ratings)
Tim Dorsey continues to collect accolades from critics and fans for his wildly funny, madcap novels featuring serial killer and Florida historian Serge Storms. In The Stingray Shuffle, Serge is off his meds, and that means no one is safe, including Russian thugs, Jamaican mobsters, spoiled frat boys, or awful lounge acts. And there’s still the issue of that missing suitcase containing a cool five million in cash.
... Read moreTiger Shrimp Tango
- By: Tim Dorsey
- Narrator: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 9 hours 42 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: January 28, 2014
- Language: English
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3.95(1463 ratings)
Determined to save a damsel in distress, the Sunshine State’s favorite serial killer and encyclopedia of Florida lore Serge Storms dances a tango of death and mayhem in this funny and dementedly entertaining crime caper from Tim Dorsey, author of the New York Times bestseller The Riptide, Ultra-Glide.
Thanks to the Internet, America has become a playground for ruthless scam artists out to make an easy buck. And where do these models of entrepreneurship hail from? Why, the Sunshine State of course!
No one loves Florida more, or can keep it safe from invasive criminal species better than self-appointed Sunshine Sheriff Serge Storms. When a particular scam leads to the death of a few innocents and a young woman’s disappearance, Serge and his perpetually self-bent sidekick Coleman–aided by his new pal, latter-day noir private eye Mahoney–load up the car for a riotous road trip to do right. Packed with seafood, mayhem, blood, Coleman’s deep thoughts, Floridian lore, and more, Tiger Shrimp Tango is a hilarious treat from the incomparable Tim Dorsey.
... Read moreTorpedo Juice
- By: Tim Dorsey
- Narrator: Tim Dorsey
- Length: 10 hours 41 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: March 11, 2008
- Language: English
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4.16(3016 ratings)
Internationally best-selling author Tim Dorsey’s irreverent novels starring evil genius Serge A. Storms-lovable psychiatric hospital escapee-zoom along at breakneck speed, delivering laughs and shocks in droves. In Torpedo Juice Serge heads for the Florida Keys where, curiously enough, he isn’t the saltiest nut in the jar. Serge has two missions-re-invent himself and get married, although he hasn’t picked the lucky lady yet. What he doesn’t know is that enough serial and spree killers are headed his way to have a parade of psychopaths. Do the Keys have room for all the lunatics?
... Read moreTriggerfish Twist
- By: Tim Dorsey
- Narrator: Tim Dorsey
- Length: 11 hours 20 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: August 12, 2011
- Language: English
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4.12(4399 ratings)
Ensconced in a lovely tropical villa on idyllic Triggerfish Lane, Jim Davenport anticipates the good life to come. But this isn’t living-it’s Florida-and the neighborhood is not quite what it seems. It’s got overly aggressive Little League parents, drug-free Rastafarians, homicidal hookers, unnatural sex and casual violence. Oh, yes, and there’s a psychopathic serial killer-cum-Sunshine-State folklorist named Serge A. Storms living directly across the street. So it’s only a matter of time before Jim up and actually kills somebody . “Imagine the violence of Edna Buchanan married to the skewed worldview of Dave Barry; now you’re ready to meet Tim Dorsey.”-Booklist “Triggerfish Twist makes for twisted fun . a must-read book on this summer’s list.”-Tampa Tribune
... Read moreTropic of Stupid
- By: Tim Dorsey
- Narrator: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 10 hours 9 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: January 26, 2021
- Language: English
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4.14(907 ratings)
Serge A. Storms embarks on a tour to meet his long-lost relatives in this latest madcap entry in the bestselling series from “Florida’s compulsively irreverent and shockingly funny” (Boston Globe) Tim Dorsey.
Devoted Floridaphile Serge Storms is a lover of history, so he’s decided to investigate his own using one of those DNA services from late-night TV. Excited to construct a family tree, he and Coleman hit the road to meet his kin. Along the way, he plans to introduce Coleman to the Sunshine State’s beautiful parks where he can brush up on his flora, fauna, and wildlife and more important, collect the missing stamps for his park passport book.
But as the old saying goes, the apple doesn’t fall far . . . Serge is thrilled to discover he may be related to a notorious serial killer who’s terrorized the state for twenty years and never been caught. Which one of his newfound relatives will be the one to help him hunt down this deranged maniac? Serge doesn’t know that a dogged investigator from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement is also hot on the trail.
Then Serge meets a park ranger who’s also longing to make a family reconnection. But all is not as it appears on the surface, and Serge’s newfound friendship in the mysterious swamps of Florida may lead to deadly results.
Finding his own relatives has made Serge understand the importance of family. Of course he’ll do anything to help . . .
... Read moreWhen Elves Attack
- By: Tim Dorsey
- Narrator: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 5 hours 2 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: October 25, 2011
- Language: English
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3.81(2180 ratings)
“The undisputed king of the comic crime novel.”
—Providence Journal
Nobody does Florida weirdness quite like Tim Dorsey! Case in point: When Elves Attack, the New York Times bestselling author’s twisted Christmas present to his legion of adoring fans who can’t get enough of thrill-killer and Sunshine State historian Serge A. Storms, the most endearing psychopath since Dexter. Dorsey offers the perfect antidote for all those sappy feel-good holiday stories with this zany blockbuster extravaganza in which his wonderfully deranged serial killer Floridaphile delivers his special brand of Christmas cheer. More outrageous than Santa Claus in a Speedo, When Elves Attack serves up a Yuletide feast of the “pure gonzo humor” the New York Times Book Review enthusiastically attributes to this fearlessly funny writer. Think Bad Santa and National Lampoon’s Family Vacation, blend in Dorsey’s trademark appetite for destruction, and you’ve got hilarious crime fiction black comedy that anyone would be thrilled to discover stuffed in their Christmas stocking.
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