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In an exotic blue-water locale where greed and criminality thrive, the mysterious disappearance of Thorn's boyhood friend Gaeton Richards, an FBI agent, entangles Thorn in a web of violence and intrigue that takes him from seamy local bars to glittering ocean villas. Then, when Gaeton's beautiful sister becomes Thorn's lover,…

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1 author picked Tropical Freeze as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

While Hall captures the essence and laid-back flavor of the Florida Keys, which I know very well, you can feel for the main character, Thorn.

The reluctant antihero, if there ever was one, no matter how much he tries to stay clear of society and live in his self-insulated world, the world finds him and, more often than he would like, drags him into a moral or unethical situation, which causes him many a sleepless night, weighing right from wrong.

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