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Good writing

Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2021

I actually finished this book in a world of books that get rave reviews and are terrible. The bar is way too low nowadays. It's not like the days when publishers evaluated books before taking them on, or I could go to a book store and read some of the middle of the book at my choosing (not just the first chapter). (I know I still can do this with many books, but the bookstore isn't close to me). This took me to Florida which is always a good thing. I loved the characters. One reviewer said it's not as exciting as his other Doc Ford books, which makes me want to buy one of those. I'm looking for excitement and thrillers. I give it a four, as I actually kept reading it and found it interesting, but it's not a five for me. I can't put down fives. I can't tell you how many books I've stopped and deleted, then went back and read the bad reviews and they were exactly how I felt. This wasn't one of them.

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Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2021

The book is well written but incredibly boring. Almost nothing of interest happens for the first 200 pages and very little for the last 130. It took me about a month to get through it and I will not be reading anything else by this author in the hope that it is better.

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Scott Chadwell

Fun to read

Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2019

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Very fast paced. Realistic

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Randy Wayne White

Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2019

Excellent book

Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2019

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I always enjoy getting transported back to Sanibel Captiva through Doc Ford books! I can feel the Lazy Flamingo and all it has to offer.

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Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2019

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Another great book by Randy Wayne White.

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Eddie Spence

Captiva

Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2019

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Randy Wayne Wright books are hard to put down. I want to know what happens at the end of story but I’m always sorry that the story has to end. Thankfully Randy has a lot of “Doc Ford” stories I can travel. Five Stars !

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janice

Good writing

Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2021

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Timothy F. Liveright

A Deeper glimpse of the REAL if fictional side of Captiva

Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2019

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After having spent a week "touring" Captiva and Sanibel and learning of the Doc Ford series while dining at of all places Doc Fords bar and grill (equally as good as the book), dove in with the ebook and had a thoroughly pretty good time.. I liked the author's rough and tumble view of life in those parts and the mystery was certainly up there with the likes of Grisham, et al. Captiva and Sanibel are mostly overly manicured isles that made it difficult to see beneath the polish. Doc Ford provided the tour that I wish I had taken minus the bloody grit spread quite liberally throughout the novel.

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Georgianna M. Bergeron

Captiva is . . . well . . . captivating!

Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2013

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It's all there, what I expect from a Doc Ford story. I'm in South Florida with some neat people––and some frighteningly mean ones. Hard-working, fun-loving residents of the bay. And on an obscure island, good but clannish locals, suspicious of outsiders. And some ruthless people who don't care who they hurt to get what they want. I see real people, some wealthy, some barely hanging on and understandably resentful of those who would walk all over them without a thought.

I get to watch Ford at work with his sea creatures and feel bad right along with him when some of the come to harm. Oh, and I get to ride in his boat. I get the feel of the bay, the mangroves, the trees and flowers, the creatures, the sea spray.

White treats the net ban rule well, showing various aspects. Yes we need the ocean protected or it will be fished out. But what about those whose jobs and way of life are destroyed? Allowing netting by locals only sounds good, but how is such a rule enforced? No easy answers, just as in real life.

Doc is clever in how he gets one crook to fess up––would make a great scene in a movie.

This story has harrowing aspects in the horrible things that happen to those Doc cares for the most. Oh, but revenge is sweet when he cleverly consigns one murderer to a fate worse than death.

Hard to put this book down, even on a second read.

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Bill Demmer

A somewhat interesting story, but not as fast paced as many other of his books

Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2020

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Being a resident of SW FL I always like to read White's books. This one didn't excite me like some of his others. The plot centers around a new law that was to soon go into effect that some "Net Fisherman" were against and created deadly efforts to thwart.

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Bob Philpott

loved this book

Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2022

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Doc Ford is a great character! Story is compelling. I had read book 5 and found the series. Unfortunately can’t find one through three for kindle…but looking forward to book six
Very enjoyable read

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