Double Whammy (Carl Hiassen) - His second solo novel, the focus of which is the competitive bass fishing world. A former newspaper photographer, RJ Decker, is hired by a wealthy businessman to prove that a rival (and celebrity) fisherman is a cheater. Chaos ensues. More focused storytelling than "Tourist Season", the novel is notable chiefly for the debut of the character Skink, a seeming wild man living alone out in the swamps and subsisting on roadkill. Skink has both an interesting backstory and several future appearances in Hiassen's novels.
Skin Tight (Carl Hiassen) - Hiassen's next novel focuses on Mick Stranahan, a former detective for the State Attorney (and who will make future appearances in later novels). Stranahan now lives alone out in Stiltsville and is a bit surprised when an East Coast hitman shows up to finish his life. Stranahan survives and later becomes convinced that the hit attempt is related to a case he investigated several years ago, in which a college student disappeared after getting a nose job from Dr. Rudy Graveline. Stranahan decides he needs to find some answers, and learns he is competing with a Geraldo Rivera-type reporter who is looking to do a story on the case himself. Besides Stranahan, the second hitman sent after him proves to be a memorable character.