This prequel to Dorsey's first novel, "Florida Roadkill, " provides an "insanely funny" ("New York Times") tale of murder and mayhem in the Sunshine State. Jim Davenport anticipates the good life on Triggerfish Lane, but the area is not what it seems, what with its casual violence, homicidal hookers, and a serial killer-cum-folklorist living across the street.

Ensconced in a lovely tropical villa on idyllic Triggerfish Lane, Jim Davenport anticipates the good life to come. But this isn't living -- it's Florida and the neighborhood is not quite what it seems. It's got overly aggressive Little League parents, drug-free Rastafarians, homicidal hookers, unnatural sex and casual violence. Oh, yes, and there's a psychopathic serial killer-cum-Sunshine-State folklorist named Serge A. Storms living directly across the street. So it's only a matter of time before Jim up and actually kills somebody ...