Only the threat of lawsuits pried the data loose.Ī similar battle took place over documenting COVID-19 cases in the prison system. The cover-up effort hasn't been subtle, and Floridians can't be blamed for wondering if the motive is to make the human toll of COVID-19 appear lower than it really is.Įarly on, state officials refused to identify the nursing homes and assisted-living facilities hit hardest by the virus, or provide the number of deaths at each of those locations. So far, the governor has allowed various agencies to do that dirty work, but it's hard to believe he isn't calling the plays. But ever since COVID-19 swept into the state, the DeSantis administration has tried to block the public from learning significant details about the spread of the virus. Sprawling.Florida has 21 medical examiners, and normally they would have released all the information that the FDLE redacted. If you’re not laughing by page six, you need a complete checkup.” - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “A delightful romp that is by turns hilarious and moving.” - Library Journal by a master of skullduggery in high and low places.” - The Buffalo News But don’t wait until then.” - Orlando Sentinel

Hiaasen is himself an accomplished juggler of plot lines. Stormy Weather would be terrific reading during a hurricane, taking your mind off all those oak trees doing the wave outside your window. Even while provoking gales of laughter, it takes dead-aim at despoilers of the environment and the greed-mongers out to make a buck off devastation and destruction. “Another fiercely funny tale in the Hiaasen cannon. Few writers in the overcrowded crime fiction arena can match Hiaasen’s deft, economical portraits, his ability to click the shutter on a character’s most revealing moments.” - Newsday

What you can't anticipate is how much fun there's to be had getting here to there.” - New York Daily News If only you could buy a ticket to Hiaasen's Florida. “Raucous, scathing but never mean-spirited, Stormy Weather goes a long way toward securing Hiaasen's place as America's premier satirist.” - People Everybody gets his just desserts, and you get the delight of reading about it.” - Cosmopolitan A great read.” - The Washington Post Book World “ mordantly hilarious, black-humor thriller.” - The Wall Street Journal Hiaasen at his satirical best.” - USA Today

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