My wife's from South Florida, so I've enjoyed the books even more over the years. Another writer in the same niche (but a bit zanier) was the late Tim Dorsey.

I do a lot of business in Florida, and I have had many family members living there over the years. I liked to grab a Hiaasen book when I was visiting. Very funny! 

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It was actually how I discovered Hiaasen! I was a huge Dave Barry fan in high school, and he wrote a column about the book. Was also my first Elmore Leonard (though I'd heard of him), as well as Tananarive Due (who's a fantastic horror novelist, but was just a columnist at the time).

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 The Naked Came The Stranger Literary Hoax

I never heard of this. I am a big Hiaasen fan for pure entertainment. I have to check it out. 