Other works by David Earth: Turtle Bay (A Shamus Pickford story #1); By-Catch (A Shamus Pickford series #2); A Trip to the Myakka Cutoff (A Shamus Pickford series #3)
A fast, funny, and raunchy Florida crime caper for fans of Carl Hiaasen, Tim Dorsey, and Randy Wayne White.If you're looking to have your hopes and dreams ground up like chum, Florida’s dirty little secret has just the place: Riviera Marina. Tucked deep in the mangroves, up Cat Shit Creek, it’s where good intentions go to die, usually while half-drunk and sunburned.
Just ask Larry Mondongo, resident burnout and reluctant protagonist. Not that he’ll answer—he’s probably too high on Bufo toad venom to notice a hurricane. But he does wake up when something knocks against the hull of his derelict sailboat, but It’s not a coconut, it’s a dead woman. The same one he just had a deeply satisfying, immediately regrettable sexual encounter with.
Naturally, Larry calls in the marina’s resident fixer, Dustin, to help "take care of it." But things spiral when other horny boat-dwellers start asking questions. Everyone wanted a piece of the mysterious woman—just not in the postmortem sense.
As paranoia closes in, Larry scrambles to hold his alibi together, find more beer, and maybe launch a toad-venom empire with Riviera’s least reliable residents. Unfortunately, organizing them is like herding iguanas on meth.
Riviera Marina is a short, grimy, darkly funny novel that hits like a hangover in the Florida sun—and lingers like the smell of low tide.
About the author: David Earth is a passionate outdoorsman with a high fever for writing. Daily, on his skiff, he skims the shallow water of Charlotte Harbor brainstorming and researching his next story. When Earth’s not exploring his next plotline, you’ll find he’s quite the companion for adventure.
Set against the chaotic docks of Riviera Marina, this raunchy coastal crime novel blends dark humor, drug-fueled suspense, and an unreliable narrator navigating hallucinations, danger, and questionable decisions. With eccentric marina misfits, roaming feral cats, and a mystery that blurs reality and paranoia, this Florida noir dark comedy delivers a gritty and offbeat crime adventure. Perfect for readers who enjoy edgy humor, flawed characters, and coastal mysteries with a twisted, unpredictable bite.
Genre: Thriller
A fast, funny, and raunchy Florida crime caper for fans of Carl Hiaasen, Tim Dorsey, and Randy Wayne White.If you're looking to have your hopes and dreams ground up like chum, Florida’s dirty little secret has just the place: Riviera Marina. Tucked deep in the mangroves, up Cat Shit Creek, it’s where good intentions go to die, usually while half-drunk and sunburned.
Just ask Larry Mondongo, resident burnout and reluctant protagonist. Not that he’ll answer—he’s probably too high on Bufo toad venom to notice a hurricane. But he does wake up when something knocks against the hull of his derelict sailboat, but It’s not a coconut, it’s a dead woman. The same one he just had a deeply satisfying, immediately regrettable sexual encounter with.
Naturally, Larry calls in the marina’s resident fixer, Dustin, to help "take care of it." But things spiral when other horny boat-dwellers start asking questions. Everyone wanted a piece of the mysterious woman—just not in the postmortem sense.
As paranoia closes in, Larry scrambles to hold his alibi together, find more beer, and maybe launch a toad-venom empire with Riviera’s least reliable residents. Unfortunately, organizing them is like herding iguanas on meth.
Riviera Marina is a short, grimy, darkly funny novel that hits like a hangover in the Florida sun—and lingers like the smell of low tide.
About the author: David Earth is a passionate outdoorsman with a high fever for writing. Daily, on his skiff, he skims the shallow water of Charlotte Harbor brainstorming and researching his next story. When Earth’s not exploring his next plotline, you’ll find he’s quite the companion for adventure.
Set against the chaotic docks of Riviera Marina, this raunchy coastal crime novel blends dark humor, drug-fueled suspense, and an unreliable narrator navigating hallucinations, danger, and questionable decisions. With eccentric marina misfits, roaming feral cats, and a mystery that blurs reality and paranoia, this Florida noir dark comedy delivers a gritty and offbeat crime adventure. Perfect for readers who enjoy edgy humor, flawed characters, and coastal mysteries with a twisted, unpredictable bite.
Genre: Thriller
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