Wrecker

De: Carl Hiaasen

Narrado por: Ron Butler

2026 Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Award, Nominated

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Wrecker needs to deal with smugglers, grave robbers, and pooping iguanas—just as soon as he finishes Zoom school. Welcome to another wild adventure in Carl Hiaasen's Florida!

Valdez Jones VIII calls himself Wrecker because his great-great-great-great-great-grandfather salvaged shipwrecks for a living.

So is it destiny, irony, or just bad luck when Wrecker comes across a speedboat that has run hard aground on a sand flat? The men in the boat don't want Wrecker to call for help—in fact, they'll pay him to forget he ever saw them.

Wrecker would be happy to forget, but he keeps seeing these men all over Key West—at the marina, in the cemetery, even right outside his own door. And now they want more than his silence—they want a lookout.

He'll have to dive deep into their shady dealings to figure out a way to escape this tangled net. . . .

©2023 Carl Hiaasen (P)2023 Listening Library

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Hiaasen packs his tale with rich character details, local history, and present-day concerns, all while carefully spinning a layered mystery that gets more serious with every turn. One heck of a ride."—Booklist, starred review

"A batten-down-the-hatches thriller anchored by critical real-life themes."—Kirkus Reviews

"Action-packed and endlessly funny."—Shelf Awareness

Fun Hiaasen Read

Classic Hiaasen. Great South Florida settings and the usual quirky characters getting themselves in quandries and pickles. Have fun with it.

Carl Hiassen provides a great escape.

Carl Hiassen blends current events and interesting historical tidbits into another great story involving unique characters. A little less outrageous than some of his stories, but still blending important community issues with unique humor as only he can. Valdez VIII is a very likable compelling character.

As always, great characters!

Fun story, less outrageous than some, wonderful characters and more believable content. Really enjoyed it!

Not one of best

LOVE Carl's book...but this one was definitely for young adults! I was so excited to see a new book of his come out...and even though was very topical with a lot of pandemic references....it dell flat to me! it bleeping poor. Good for YA...not so much for adults that expect more from Carl and his crazy list of Floridian characters! Still looking forward to his next novel...but probably wouldn't have used a credit if Amazon had stated it was for YA....just sayin!

Accidental Lookout

I enjoyed reading Carl Hiaasen books but this one felt a little somber like it was toned down for junior novel reading. The story flowed well with a nice ending but needed more grit.

Refreshing new young characters from CH

I liked having some young people in the story. I hope Carl Hiaasen males a trend of it.

I love Carl Hiaasen’s books

So this one was pretty disappointing. Not much humor and a so so story line without interesting characters you find in his earlier books.

Loved it

Another fantastic story by Carl Hiaasen. Kept me glued to the radio. Recommend to everyone

Hey Carl why didn't you say it was a kids book ?

It's kind of funny, I think your teenager would enjoy this work possiblly. Definitely is not for a Adult person with an over room temperature IQ
What about Carl getting on years now So maybe that's it I did enjoy a lot of his earlier works..

Best book from Carl H. ever!!

The action made it difficult to put the book down. The cliffhangers were awesome! Declan