Finally, a TV series based on a book by Carl Hiaasen

[Jolly Blue Giant]

Someone on here a couple years ago or more, turned me on to author Carl Hiaasen (Steve?, aka "Sem" perhaps). Anyway, Hiaasen writes great detective stories based in Southern Florida. He uses a good mystery into every plot, but always finds a way to constantly inject humor into murder, greed, sex, and mayhem that only takes place in Florida

Anyway, I read his book, "Striptease" (or maybe it was "Skinny Dip" - can't remember) and was hooked and have since read most of his books, including "Bad Monkey". So imagine my elation to hear that a new series has dropped on Apple TV called "Bad Monkey" and lo and behold, it's based on the book by Carl Hiaasen. I haven't started it yet because like many new series, they drop the first three episodes, and then you have to wait each week for the next episode...ala "Fargo", "Only Murders in the Building", etc. Very frustrating after getting used to watching a series anytime I want. Spoiled I guess. I remember the days that if you missed an episode because you had to be somewhere more pressing, you missed it and you missed it forever

Anyway, here's the trailer

[Ed Vette]

I happened to watch the first episode last night.

[Sem]

Yeah Rick, that was me. I've gotten behind on his books and still need to finish Razor Girl, and have yet to read Bad Monkey. Of all networks...I'm not an Apple TV subscriber. Damn.

[Jolly Blue Giant]

I thought that was you who turned me on to Hiaason. I love reading more than watching TV, because it's all on my time and there's so much more detail, and the picture the reader imagines in his head is unique to him and has much more detail and color to it. Turned out to be one of my favorite authors when I need something "less dark". He's a fantastic writer

I'm a little surprised you started "Razor Girl" and haven't finished it. Once I started "Razor Girl", I couldn't put it down. Read it in a couple of days. What story has anyone read, that starts out with a beautiful woman acting distracted and "accidentally" runs into the car ahead of her. She's naked from the waist down, and is shaving her nether region knowing it will throw the guy off when he gets to her window (duhh...it would throw me off, I can promise that)...LMAO. And Yancy, with his tendency to work around his house (inside and out) in his birthday suit garners a lot of surprises from his neighbors or those who drop in for an unannounced visit

Internet quick synopsis for anyone interested in Hiaason's books: "A lovable con woman and a disgraced detective (Yancy) team up to find a redneck reality TV star in this raucous new novel from Carl Hiaasen, the bestselling author of "Bad Monkey". Merry Mansfield, the eponymous Razor Girl, specializes in kidnapping for the mob".

From BookBrowse.com
Book Summary

"The new full-tilt, unstoppably hilarious and entertaining novel from the best-selling author of Skinny Dip and Bad Monkey.

When Lane Coolman's car is bashed from behind on the road to the Florida Keys, what appears to be an ordinary accident is anything but (this is Hiaasen!). Behind the wheel of the other car is Merry Mansfield - the eponymous Razor Girl - and the crash scam is only the beginning of events that spiral crazily out of control while unleashing some of the wildest characters Hiaasen has ever set loose on the page.

There's Trebeaux, the owner of Sedimental Journeys - a company that steals sand from one beach to restore erosion on another ... Dominick "Big Noogie" Aeola, a NYC mafia capo with a taste for tropical wear ... Buck Nance, a Wisconsin accordionist who has rebranded himself as the star of a redneck reality show called Bayou Brethren ... a street psycho known as Blister who's more Buck Nance (the moonshine folk hero who is living legend at the MoonRunners Saloon) than Buck could ever be ... Brock Richardson, a Miami product-liability lawyer who's getting dangerously - and deformingly - hooked on the very E.D. product he's litigating against ... and Andrew Yancy - formerly Detective Yancy, busted down to the Key West roach patrol after accosting his then-lover's husband with a Dust Buster in a most unfortunate way. Yancy believes that if he can single-handedly solve a high-profile murder, he'll get his detective badge back.

That the Razor Girl may be the key to Yancy's future will be as surprising as anything else he encounters along the way - including the giant Gambian rats that are livening up his restaurant inspections.

[Bill Brown]

Yeah Rick, that was me. I've gotten behind on his books and still need to finish Razor Girl, and have yet to read Bad Monkey. Of all networks...I'm not an Apple TV subscriber. Damn.

Superbox

Bill