Shark Skin Suite

Homicidal adventurer, trivia buff, and advocate for all things Floridian, Serge A. Storms has once again found a new focus for his life and boundless energy. This time around, he’s tackling the legal system, just in time to help an old flame deal with a class-action lawsuit against some seriously unscrupulous foes. Can Serge’s penchant for movies and murder save the day and help him elude his gun-toting ex-wife, all while allowing him to explore Florida’s spotty legal cinematic history?

Shark Skin Suite is the eighteenth Serge A. Storms book, and it seems like the series won’t end until Tim Dorsey runs out of elaborate and fascinating ways for Serge to dispatch people. But, then again, when the people being killed are scumbags in the banking industry and opportunistic scam artists, how can you not root for Serge?

This book is thankfully less madcap than Dorsey’s usual fare, but it still features his signature brand of silliness with tinges of darkness. By taking us into the shady world of law, he’s offered something that felt new: Serge and his pals outsmarting their foes rather than out-murdering them.

Oh, if only Saul Goodman had the services of Serge A. Storms at his disposal.