The Girl with the Sagittarius Tattoo's Reviews > Skin Tight

I actually kinda liked this somewhat dated skewering of the cosmetic surgery industry! Nobody is more surprised than me.

Mick Stranahan is a former police investigator now living in a stilt house in the undesirable part of southeastern Florida (swampland). His career was riddled with bad guys coming to bad ends; without hard evidence that Mick was at fault for any of it, he was simply encouraged to take an early retirement.

In this tale, a doctor is spooked that an old missing person case could be resurrected based on new evidence. To ensure the key witness from the original trial doesn't get a second chance for a conviction, he hires a low-rent hitman to take out Miami PD Detective Stranahan (Ret.) The hitter goes by "Chemo," and he's had his own rough history with plastic surgeons: a dermoplasty gone wrong left him with a severely scarred, waxy complexion. Coupled with his seven-foot frame, Chemo isn't blending into any crowds.

Classic Hiaasen.

Of the less-than-a-handful of Hiassen novels I've tried, I liked this one the most. It's the least slapstick, I guess, while keeping to the offbeat humor - if that makes any sense. I dunno; Carl Hiaasen is a writer people either love or hate. Seeing as how this one appealed to me, I think I'll give the other Stranahan a try: Skinny Dip.