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| Author | Tim Dorsey |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Crime novel |
| Publisher | William Morrow |
Publication date | February 3, 2004 |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 352 pp |
| ISBN | 0-06-052046-9 |
| OCLC | 52410217 |
| 813/.54 21 | |
| LC Class | PS3554.O719 C34 2004 |
| Preceded by | The Stingray Shuffle |
| Followed by | Torpedo Juice |
Cadillac Beach is the sixth novel written by Tim Dorsey, published in 2004.
[1] The year is 1996. At long last, Serge A. Storms has been captured. He is committed to the psychiatric hospital at Chattahoochee, where he patiently tries to explain his views. Serge grows tired of this diversion, however, and escapes once more. His newest obsession involves investigating the circumstances surrounding his grandfather's death forty years earlier, when he allegedly committed suicide by wandering into the ocean at a Miami beach. Serge's grandfather, who passed on many of his habits and interests (as well as his mental instability) to his grandson, may have been involved with a lucrative jewel theft shortly before his disappearance, however, so his friends are understandably reluctant to talk.
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