Bad Monkey

“Don’t you dare,” said Rosa, “talk that way about my little hero.”

The next day Captain Keith Fitzpatrick took them fishing offshore on the Misty Momma IV. It was a free trip, Keith said, in honor of Yancy finding Phinney’s killer. Rosa reeled in mahi until her arms got sore. Yancy caught a tuna on a gorgeous new fly rod that he couldn’t afford but had bought for himself anyway.

That evening he fixed a plate of sashimi while Rosa grilled the fillets. They drank a manageable amount of tequila and made plans for Gerardo, just in case. As the sun slipped below the mangroves a Key deer—a grown buck, antlers in velvet—appeared in the yard. Not even three feet tall at the shoulder, the deer nosed silently along Evan Shook’s fence line looking for shoots. Rosa was taken by its grace.

Yancy pulled out his cell phone and snapped a picture for Neville.

A Note About the Author

Carl Hiaasen was born and raised in Florida. He is the author of twelve previous novels, including the best-selling Lucky You, Nature Girl, Sick Puppy, Skinny Dip, and Star Island, and four best-selling children’s books, Chomp, Flush, Hoot, and Scat. His most recent work of nonfiction is The Downhill Lie: A Hacker’s Return to a Ruinous Sport. He also writes a weekly column for The Miami Herald.

Other titles by Carl Hiaasen available in eBook format

Basket Case • 978-0-375-41441-1

The Downhill Lie • 978-0-307-26943-0

Lucky You • 978-0-307-76743-1

Native Tongue • 978-0-307-76742-4

Nature Girl • 978-0-307-26659-0

Sick Puppy • 978-0-375-41273-8

Skinny Dip • 978-1-4000-4330-9

Star Island • 978-0-307-59438-9

Stormy Weather • 978-0-307-76741-7

Strip Tease • 978-0-307-76740-0

Team Rodent • 978-0-307-76488-1

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ALSO BY CARL HIAASEN

Fiction

Star Island

Nature Girl

Skinny Dip

Basket Case

Sick Puppy

Lucky You

Stormy Weather

Strip Tease

Native Tongue

Skin Tight

Double Whammy

Tourist Season

A Death in China

(with Bill Montalbano)

Trap Line

(with Bill Montalbano)

Powder Burn

(with Bill Montalbano)

For Young Readers

Chomp

Scat

Flush

Hoot

Nonfiction

The Downhill Lie: A Hacker’s Return to a Ruinous Sport

Team Rodent: How Disney Devours the World

Kick Ass: Selected Columns

(edited by Diane Stevenson)

Paradise Screwed: Selected Columns

(edited by Diane Stevenson)