Squeeze Me

 Squeeze Me, the newest mystery novel written by Carl Hiassen is the eighth novel in the Skink series.

Carl is a famous, well loved mystery writer.  Though to be honest, I do not really like his writing style and will probably not seek out another novel by him.  This novel turned out to be entertaining.  I did push thought the beginning because I was reading this novel for a book discussion group.  

As I got further in I realized that he was writing a tongue in cheek sarcastic novel about our immediate past commander in chief and his wife.  So the whole novel became more interesting and funny.  

Again this novel takes place in Florida and this time we are at a imaginary resort area that mimics       Mar-a lago.  In a complicated tangled way the first lady and the president are mixed up with the murder of an elderly socialite.  She, of course, is a big fan of the Mastodon , which is how they refer to the President.  There is also a problem with an abundance of huge python snakes that seem to be loose around the area in unusual places.  Between our heroine, Angie Armstrong, who animal control agent trying t o solve the mystery along with the police and secret service, and the First Lady and her relationship to the Secret Service, this is a clever, funny novel.  Also playing up the immigrant battle cries and mistakes that  Donald Trump always made in his speeches, in a comic way,  Hiassen captures the humor of the situation and creates a twisted mystery.