Hurricane Punch: A Novel
Scathing humor strips the pretense off its targets like a hurricane in  bestseller Dorsey's rapid-fire ninth thriller. Last seen inThe Big Bamboo(2006), serial killer Serge  A. Storms, who seems like all of the Marx brothers rolled into one, rumbles  across Florida in a stolen Hummer with his usually drunk or stoned friend,  Coleman. Serge follows one hurricane after another, driving in the relatively  safe eye of the storm, pointing out fascinating bits of Florida history and  only killing those who truly deserve it. That would include the guy in the car  next to you blasting his music as well as the person price-gouging hurricane  victims. The murders are accomplished in appropriately bizarre, if not graphic,  fashion. As Serge evades law enforcement and perennial nemesis Agent Mahoney,  his latest road trip allows him to skewer everything from President Bush to  fast food establishments, with particular emphasis given to the foibles of the  media (newspapers) for which Dorsey once worked.13-city author tour. (Feb.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.