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    (Mass Market Paperback - Reprint)

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    • Publisher: Berkley Trade Pub
    • Pub. Date: March 2008
    • ISBN-13: 9780425220375
    • Sales Rank: 16,850
    • 352pp
    • Series: Doc Ford Series, #14
    • Edition Description: Reprint
     
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    Synopsis

    Doc Ford saves a former President of the United States from assassination-and regrets it. Months ago, Kal Wilson's wife was killed in a plane crash. President Wilson is sure it was no accident-and he wants revenge. He needs Doc Ford to spring him loose from the watchful eye of the Secret Service, keep him alive, then get him home. Ford has just been picked for presidential duty- whether he likes it or not.

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    The 14th Doc Ford Florida thriller (after 2006's Dark Light) from bestseller White requires more suspension of disbelief than most readers may be willing to provide. Marine biologist Ford, a shadowy figure with multiple links to the intelligence community, gets an unusual commission from Kal Wilson, a former one-term president who recently lost his wife in a mysterious plane crash. Wilson, who has a terminal illness, asks Ford's help in slipping his protective detail so that the politician can search for those he believes responsible for his wife's death. Implausibly, the psychotic serial killer who's Ford's bête noir, Praxcedes Lourdes, appears to have been involved in the attack on the former first lady, giving the covert op a personal incentive to assist Wilson. The action sequences, especially those involving Wilson, are less than convincing, and the climax is particularly far-fetched. (Mar.)

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    Biography

    Randy Wayne White is the author of thirteen previous Doc Ford novels - The Heat Islands, Sanibel Flats, The Man Who Invented Florida, Captiva, North of Havana, The Mangrove Coast, Ten Thousand Islands, Shark River, Twelve Mile Limit, Everglades, Tampa Burn, Dead of Night and Dark Light - and of the nonfiction collections Batfishing in the Rainforest, The Sharks of Lake Nicaragua, Last Flight Out and An American Traveler. A onetime veteran fishing guide, he lives in an old house built on an Indian mound, and spends much of his free time windsurfing, playing baseball, and hanging out at Doc Ford's Sanibel Rum Bar & Grille on Sanibel Island, Florida.

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    May 25, 2007: This is not the best of the Doc Ford novels. However it is still a solid and quick read. White seems to be wanting to tie up loose ends in the overall Doc Ford storyline right up to the last page and there are stretches in credibility written as a result. The action at the beginning is consistently slowed by flashbacks as well as Doc's 'philosophizing' that has slowed the action in prior novels. The strongest parts of the book are in the large 'middle' section that takes the former President, Ford and Tomlinson from Florida to Central America. The action and character reaction here is White at his best, fleshing out the Kal Wilson character and giving us a reason to care about a mission that becomes increasingly perilous. There are still loose ends left when the book finishes on a less-than-strong note. An important aspect of any 'series' storyline that was only lightly touched on here is the inevitability of the hero facing the consequences of age. James Lee Burke in particular as well as James W Hall have fleshed out this important facet more convincingly. I still recommend this title, especially for any Doc Ford fan.

    Hunters Moon is AWESOME !!!by Anonymous

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    April 10, 2007: Hunters Moon is Randy Wayne White at the top of his game. I came across the first Doc Ford book, Sanibel Flats at Oxford Bookstore in Atlanta right when it was released in Hardcover and bought it on sight, had no idea who Randy Wayne White was and was blown away by the book. I have enjoyed every book since then and they just keep getting better. For those who follow the Doc Ford series, you will love this latest outing for Marion Ford and Tomlinson. Randy can spin a mystery with the best, he writes about Florida and the troubles Doc Ford finds himself in with such flair that you can't put the book down till you're done. The book is superb and I highly recommend it. If you're new to the Doc Ford series, buy this book but start at the beginning with Sanibel Flats and read them in order. He reveals more about the complexities of Doc Ford and Tomlinson with each book.


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