This novel is almost four decades old and one of the author’s early works. It’s the first in the Skink series, featuring the former governor of the state living in a cabin on a lake in northern Florida, eating fried bass and roadkill as he puts his former life behind him. RJ, a PI/photographer, is sent to Lake Jessup by Dennis Gault, an eccentric rich man who wants him to prove that Dickie Lockhart is cheating at bass tournaments. He teams up with Skink, and they discover that Dickie’s crew has been killing to cover up their cheating. Dickie is murdered at a fishing tournament by men hired by Gault, who then frames RJ, forcing him to go on the run. RJ’s friend, a Miami police captain named Al, and a state trooper, Jim—formerly the governor’s bodyguard—manage to prove RJ’s innocence. RJ, Skink, Al, Jim, and RJ’s ex, Catherine, team up to sabotage the Dickie Lockhart Memorial Bass Fishing Tournament, run by an evangelical reverend who’s as crooked as the day is long. Spoil it they do—in spectacular, hilarious fashion. Thanks to Wendell Erwin for this one
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