Atomic Lobster CD

Tampa is emptying out, and a lot of people are heading for the same cruise ship. Serge is back in Florida, pulled between his urge to kill and his habit of collecting souvenirs. Coleman is back too, and his only dilemma is how drunk to get.

The cast around them is crowded. Jim Davenport, the E-Team, the Diaz Brothers and Johnny Vegas, known as the Accidental Virgin, all land on a street called Lobster Lane, and the action there runs hot. A reunion is also under way across the state: the McGraws, a bloodstained criminal family, are gathering, and their meanest member has just left prison and is driving south to settle scores.

Meanwhile the government is hiding a growing list of unexplained victims across Florida. They may be tied to a plot against national security, or they may not.

Other threads pull at the story. A woman named Rachael seems oddly familiar. Serge holds firm views on mixing guns, drugs and strippers. A group called the Non-Confrontationalists go on a rampage. Coleman and Lenny are drawn together over a plan to build the biggest bong ever, and Serge has a rogue wave to surf.

The tone is comic and chaotic, with a fast, crowded plot and a lot of crime played for laughs. Serge and Coleman return from earlier books by Tim Dorsey.