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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780425180433
ISBN number: 0425180433
Label: Berkley
Manufacturer: Berkley
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 320
Printing Date: June 01, 2001
Publishing house: Berkley
Release Date: June 12, 2001
Sale Popularity Level: 67830
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Government agent-turned-marine-biologist Doc Ford returns in a steamy tale that begins with the suspicious suicide of a fifteen-year-old girl-and ends in a shadowy world of ancient ritual and modern corruption.
ONE OF THE MOST SATISFYING THRILLERS IN RECENT MEMORY. (Chicago Tribune)
Taut and engrossing. (Boston Globe)
A wild, dangerous adventure.(Denver Post)
Thrilling and strangely moving. (Miami Herald)
White takes us places that no other Florida mystery writer can hope to find. (Carl Hiaasen)
Amazon.com Review:
Of all the Travis McGee wannabes who've appeared on the mystery scene since the death of John D. MacDonald, Randy Wayne White's Doc Ford, the marine biologist with an intentionally vague history of military espionage, comes closest to hitting the mark. In this seventh outing in a popular series that's never quite broken into bestsellerdom, Ford is finagled away from his beloved fish and his stilt house off Florida's Gulf Coast to investigate the grave robbing of a long-dead adolescent girl who had a remarkable gift for finding archaeological artifacts of a long-gone civilization of Calusa Indians. The centuries-old gold medallion that may have been buried with Dorothy Copeland has mysterious powers--at least, that's what a big Florida developer whose son is being groomed for high political office seems to believe. By the time Doc Ford starts investigating the incident, along with his oddly gifted friend Tomlinson (a druggie with a past as violent and mysterious as his own), more lives are at stake, including Doc's.
Ten Thousand Islands is based on a true story of multiple tragedies associated with the 1969 discovery of the medallion at the novel's center. But the complicated tale of mayhem and serial murder White weaves of it is all his own. Doc Ford is an increasingly interesting character whose love life takes up as many pages as the plot, but the community of Dinkin's Bay, with its fascinating and well-drawn minor characters, is as great a part of White's series as the denizens of Travis McGee's Fort Lauderdale marina were of MacDonald's. --Jane Adams
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Maui H.S. Another reason I love Randy Wayne White's novels is that the bad guys usually get what they deserve. It is done quietly and without fanfare, but those that enjoy the pain and suffering of others end up quite dead.
Ten Thousand Islands bring to life a murder ruled suicide fifteen years ago. The psychopath murderer is running for political office. (Not too hard to imagine for me.) Unafraid of anything and believing wealth allows you to do anything, the psychopath and equally psychopathic father aren't afraid. What they want they get regardless the cost, simply because they want it. (More fact in fiction.)
The twist in the novel is a play on the supernatural. Is it a soul mate? Does love truly never die? Ancient Calusa, powerful symbols, and grey magic are intertwined in this interesting and unique story.
I love the ending. An Eye for an Eye!
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This book was received in great condition. I have thoroughly enjoyed all Randy's books. They are the type of mystery novel that you can't put down. I laugh, I am entertained by eloquence that does not overtake the reader. I experience every part of southern Florida, its heritage, its geography, and its marine life in Randy's books. Since moving to SW Florida, I've also found them an invaluable source of information. Doc Ford is my favorite!
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John D. Mcdonald - not even close.
I Soooooo wanted to have this be good. What a fine premise . . . a sophisticated dropout in the boonies. Fascinating possibilities abound!
But White is INCREDIBLY, NUMBINGLY VERBOSE. I do not care about what a snook spawn thinks about the moonlight during the summer solstice while barnacles grow on the bottom of somebody's boat which was built in Texas by some wetback during the summer of discontent when Batista was in power on the "Big Island" . . .
How about just a LITTLE action around the DRONE of White's contemplation of his (and everybody else's) naval.
This could be so, SO fascinating - but it is actually just so TEDIOUS.
Sorry. I'd LOVE for it to be a new love. It isn't
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Doc Ford is great! This book is hard to put down. Definitely my favorite Randy Wayne White book! Just when you think it can't get better he twists the story to add another element. Great read! you won't be disappointed!
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Note: I made some Mormon reader angry over my negative reviews of books written by Mormons out to prove the Book of Mormon, and that person has been slamming my reviews as soon as they are posted. Oh, well.
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I ask you, how can a person with a sense of adventure possibly resist a title like "Ten Thousand Islands"? It sounds great and it is.
Doc Ford is up to more adventures and a lifestyle that appeals to men. I mean, he's not married, he lives in the stilt house in Florida, has a lot of friends (some quirky like Tomlinson, a wonderful character), and he has a lot of lady friends. Doc Ford's background is mirky, a lot of it spent on secret missions for a CIA type of organization.
The average man will get lost most of White's novels, sailing away with him on some grand adventure.
I've enjoyed all of Randy Wayne White's novels. If you're not in the mood to read, then get them on CD. Ron McLarty does a super job with Tomlinson's voice! He makes him sound like Jack Nicholson--very funny. Tomlinson is a strung-out hippy type, whose ramblings contain surprising bits of wisdom. A very compelling character and friend of Doc Ford.
Also, highly recommended for men is "Sands of the Kalahari," by William Mulvihill, and "Cry Wolf," by Wilbur Smith. Both are up-in-the-night African adventures. Check out my reviews.
The Sands of Kalahari
Cry Wolf
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