Books by Tim Dorsey and Complete Book Reviews
Tim Dorsey, Author William Morrow & Company $25 (292p) ISBN 978-0-06-018577-0
Florida politics get roundly skewered in Tim Dorsey's (Hammerhead Ranch Hotel) Orange Crush, a relentless farce about the battle for the Sunshine State's governorship between Republican incumbent Marlon Conrad and Democratic underdog Gomer Tatum.
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Tim Dorsey. Morrow, $26.99 (336p) ISBN 978-0-06-279588-5
Bestseller Dorsey’s superior 22nd crime novel featuring vigilante serial killer Serge Storms (after 2018’s The Pope of Palm Beach) takes Serge and his stoner pal, Coleman, to an area of Florida that Serge has dubbed the Retirement Coast, where they...
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Tim Dorsey. Morrow, $26.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-06-242925-4
A killer opening sentence sets the tone for bestseller Dorsey’s 21st comic novel featuring eccentric murderer Serge Storms (after 2017’s Clownfish Blues): “The sun was going down behind the Big Burger when the alligator came flying in the drive-throu
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Tim Dorsey. Morrow, $26.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-06-242922-3
Serge A. Storms and his stoner buddy, Coleman, take a mayhem-filled trip through Florida in bestseller Dorsey’s wild 20th novel starring the vigilante serial killer (after 2016’s Coconut Cowboy). Serge and Coleman are moving from town to town,...
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Tim Dorsey. Morrow, $24.99 (336p) ISBN 978-0-06-224004-0
Bestseller Dorsey’s entertainingly picaresque 19th Serge Storms novel (after 2015’s Shark Skin Suite) opens with a scene that sets the comic tone for what’s to follow. A dispute between mascots for competing eateries, a man in a panda suit and one...
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Tim Dorsey. Morrow, $26.99 (336p) ISBN 978-0-06-224001-9
Florida serial killer Serge A. Storms is still going strong, as shown by bestseller Dorsey's 18th entry in this brilliantly funny series (after 2014's Tiger Shrimp Tango). Accompanied by stoner friend Coleman, Stoner rockets around the state...
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Tim Dorsey. Morrow, $25.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-06-209281-6
Bestseller Dorsey delivers another joyously funny Florida vacation with his madcap 17th adventure featuring manic serial killer and Florida trivia expert Serge Storms (after 2013's The Riptide Ultra-Glide). Serge is feeling the need to recharge his "
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Tim Dorsey. Morrow, $25.99 (304p) ISBN 978-0-06-209278-6
Bestseller Dorsey serves up his usual mix of mayhem and mirth in his 16th Serge Storms thriller (after 2012’s Pineapple Grenade). As Serge—accompanied by his stoner companion, Coleman, who acts as straight man and one-man audience for Serge’s...
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Tim Dorsey. Morrow, $16.99 (208p) ISBN 978-0-06-209284-7
This small holiday package, the 14th Serge Storms thriller (after Electric Barracuda), packs a satisfyingly large punch of classic Dorsey craziness. At Thanksgiving, civic-minded serial killer Serge executes an unpatriotic thief the time-honored...
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Tim Dorsey. Morrow, $25.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-06-187690-5
Bestseller Dorsey dishes up his Miami mayhem with a side order of mordant wit in his 15th Serge Storms novel (after 2011’s When Elves Attack). This time, Serge dresses up in a homemade superhero costume (his stoner sidekick, Coleman, is the Human...
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Tim Dorsey, Morrow, $24.99 (368p) ISBN 978-0-06-187689-9
In Dorsey's madcap 13th novel featuring vigilante serial killer Serge A. Storms (after Gator A-Go-Go), Serge gets engaged in a scheme cooked up by his faithful sidekick, Coleman, who hopes to attract tourists to Florida by offering theme vacations: "
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Tim Dorsey, Author William Morrow & Company $24 (273p) ISBN 978-0-688-16782-0
This dizzying road movie of a first novel follows a passel of comic con men (and one con woman) down and around the Florida coast. Their adventures involve deliciously caricatured characters along with delirious violence, not to mention pigeon-eating
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Tim Dorsey, Author . Morrow $24.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-06-018571-8
Conjuring up Carl Hiaasen and Elmore Leonard on crack, the fourth off-the-wall novel from Dorsey (Orange Crush) finds antihero Serge Storms—a quixotic, socially conscious crook-cum-executioner—undertaking to salvage his upscale Tampa...
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Tim Dorsey, Author William Morrow & Company $24 (304p) ISBN 978-0-688-16783-7
HWith this followup to Florida Roadkill, Dorsey places himself in the ranks of Laurence Shames and Carl Hiassen as a writer of hilarious, violent farces set in Florida. A loopy energy fills this A-ticket trip among the bridges, sailboats, seedy...
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Tim Dorsey, Author . Morrow $24.99 (336p) ISBN 978-0-06-143271-2
Spring break, from its innocuous beginnings in 1935 to its drunken orgiastic present, provides the theme for bestseller Dorsey’s dizzy 12th adventure to feature vigilante serial killer Serge A. Storms (after Nuclear Jellyfish
). When vengeful...
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Tim Dorsey, Author . Morrow $24.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-06-143266-8
Fasten your seatbelts: Serge A. Storms, Florida's manic tour and history guide as well as its most inventive and prolific serial killer, cruises at warp(ed) speed through bestseller Dorsey's 11th thriller (after Atomic Lobster
). Serge'
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Tim Dorsey, Author . Morrow $24.95 (340p) ISBN 978-0-06-082969-8
Dorsey's 10th novel to feature Serge A. Storms and Coleman (after 2007's Hurricane Punch
) offers sex, violence, more violence and Three Stooges–like action. After meeting up with Rachael, a stripper and drug addict, Serge and...
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Tim Dorsey, Author . Morrow $24.95 (384p) ISBN 978-0-06-082967-4
Scathing humor strips the pretense off its targets like a hurricane in
\t\t bestseller Dorsey's rapid-fire ninth thriller. Last seen in
\t\t The Big Bamboo (2006), serial killer Serge
\t\t A. Storms, who seems like all of the Marx brothers rolled
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Tim Dorsey, Author . Morrow $24.95 (336p) ISBN 978-0-06-058562-4
Having previously taken on dirty politics and corporate scandal, Dorsey now skewers Hollywood in his eighth over-the-top novel. Serge Storms (who insists he's not a serial killer because he gets no joy out of it; he's just doing his duty)...
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Tim Dorsey, Author . Morrow $24.95 (322p) ISBN 978-0-06-058560-0
In his seventh screwball mystery, Dorsey (Cadillac Beach
; Orange Crush
) serves up his usual cocktail of tropical mayhem and humor, though the mix is a little slushy this time around. Serge Storms, the nutty serial killer from Dorsey's previous
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Tim Dorsey, Author . Morrow $24.95 (339p) ISBN 978-0-06-052046-5
Certifiable nutcase Serge Storms and Lenny, his spacey marijuana-addicted sidekick, are back again in Dorsey's sixth screwball crime-spree novel (after The Stingray Shuffle
), this time on the trail of a stash of missing gems. As the novel...
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Tim Dorsey, Author . Morrow $24.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-06-052045-8
In the frenetic tradition of the film It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
(1963), train buff and maniacal killer Serge A. Storms and his druggie pal, Lenny, chase a briefcase containing $5 million, which surfaced in Florida Roadkill
(1999), in...
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Tim Dorsey, Author, Oliver Wyman, Performed by , read by Oliver Wyman. HarperAudio $39.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-06-122723-3
Wyman has a daunting assignment: finding the right voice for Dorsey's larger-than-life antihero, Serge A. Storms, a likable, certifiably insane serial killer who rarely stops talking long enough to breathe. Wyman settles on just the right...
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Tim Dorsey, Author, Oliver Wyman, Read by , read by Oliver Wyman. HarperAudio $39.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-06-145291-8
Mixing crime and humor is hard: a delicate balance must be maintained between the clever and the cute, between the cheap cackle and the meaningful guffaw. Dorsey is a master of this high-wire act, and reader Oliver Wyman makes a perfect partner....
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Tim Dorsey. Morrow, $26.99 (336p) ISBN 978-0-06-279600-4
Bestseller Dorsey’s outstanding 23rd Serge Storms novel (after 2019’s No Sunscreen for the Dead) finds Serge, a serial killer with a warped moral streak, and his stoner buddy, Coleman, on a tour of Florida, visiting cemeteries around the state so...
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Tim Dorsey. Morrow, $27.99 (368p) ISBN 978-0-06296-750-3
Bestseller Dorsey breezes through his 24th comic novel featuring serial killer Serge A. Storms (after 2020’s Naked Came the Florida Man), mixing the slapstick humor of the Three Stooges with Sunshine State details that would make a Florida history...
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Tim Dorsey. Morrow, $28.99 (384p) ISBN 978-0-06-296753-4
In bestseller Dorsey’s delightfully madcap 25th crime novel featuring Serge A. Storms (after 2021’s Tropic of Stupid), vigilante serial killer Serge and his stoner pal, Coleman, take a break from road trips and criminal pursuits to become...
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Tim Dorsey. Morrow, $28.99 (336p) ISBN 978-0-06-324062-9
At the start of bestseller Dorsey’s antic 26th novel featuring vigilante serial killer Serge A. Storms (after 2022’s Mermaid Confidential), the Covid lockdown causes panic among the residents of Pelican Bay, a condominium complex in the Florida Keys
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