My mother was a huge fan of Randy Wayne White. She passed away in 2018 and since then I have tried to make it my goal to read at least one book a year by an author than was a favorite of hers. Randy Wayne White won the December lottery. This one had so much going on that it was a bit hard to keep up. There was an attractive lawyer, a disaster and rescue at sea, Dinkin's Bay parties, Coast Guard lore, drunken bigshot actors, dog fights, drug and human smugglers, wicked, bad-tempered Columbians, a very large Albino, mysterious mid-easterners, an I.R.A. bomber on the run, headhunters who were paid by some government assassins, midnight raids, a jungle adventure and four different women in bed with Doc Ford. Ho White managed to put all this together and write something that you could actually keep up with and understand is way beyond my reasoning. He started with the capsizing of a small dive boat nearly 50 miles out at sea. The nightmare of spending days lost at sea waiting for the Coast Guard to find you unfolds with what I interpreted to be realism. Doc Ford decides to continue the investigation long after the authorities have given up. I couldn't really judge the scenes in the jungles of Columbia, I thought bordered on improbability. You have to wonder how all these pieces and parts came together so conveniently. I also have to wonder at my 95-year-old mother reading this...but I guess i read some things she had to wonder about also. ( )

Another good story by White. ( )

Randy Wayne White is one of my favorite authors. Especially the Doc Ford series. Since discovering Mr. White, I have been reading the Doc Ford series in chronological order. By far Twelve Mile Limit is my favorite so far.

In this book, Doc Ford returns to active duty with the clandestine agency which made for an exciting twist. ( )

I really enjoyed the first 3/4 of this book. The main character is thoughtful, and the author provides a lot of detail about characters and events.

The final quarter of the book is like a completely different story. The author takes the same care with the elements of the story, its just not the kind of story I generally go for.

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