Black Widow
Putnam Adult - Putnam Adult
Release date: 2008-03-18
Hardcover
Author: Randy Wayne White
American Mystery & Suspense Fiction, Fiction, Fiction - Espionage / Thriller, Mystery/Suspense, Fiction / Suspense, Suspense, Thrillers, Ford, Doc (Fictitious character), Marine biologists, Suicidal behavior
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Black Widow
Date undefinedRandy Wayne White serves up another fine read in this Doc Ford adventure. As usual he takes an outlandish premise and makes it work. This time it involves blackmail and voodoo that draw Ford into helping a young woman he helped rescue in an earlier adventure. White has a great knack for taking the reader to the brink of outlandishness and making it work. He also is able to embue his characters with a realistic relationships and every time I read one of his books it is like visiting old and well-liked friends. He also does settings as well as anybody out there, maybe because of his naturalist bent. If you've never tried him, start with some of the earlier ones and work forward. That isn't necessary, but it's fun. I came on to him in mid-stream and went back and read them all in order until I caught up and now can't wait for the next to arrive.
Black Widow
Date undefinedI've read just about all of Randy's books and have been a big fan of the Doc Ford series, but this one seems like he just mailed it in. Lousy characters and plot. I agree with another person of noticing a change in the Doc Ford character too. I also prefer a little less moralistic education in my entertainment reading, he seems to have been increasing it a bit lately. Parts of this book read like a Public Service Announcement. Hopefully Randy & Doc will return to normal in subsequent books.
Black Widow
Date undefinedRandy Wayne White is my favorite Florida author (sorry, Carl Hiassen) and this is his 14th novel featuring marine biologist-cum-government operative Marion "Doc" Ford. Ford's goddaughter is caught on tape in a sexually compromising position, which jeopardizes her future marriage into a high society family. Ford investigates the island where the tryst took place and finds a luxury spa hiding some deadly extortionists. The plot is fast-paced and the characters are likable and believable, although Ford's hippie pal Tomlinson only has a couple of hilarious scenes in this novel.
