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<p><p>doc Ford Faces His Greatest Challenge Ever, In The Stunning New Novel By The <i>new York Times</i>-bestselling Writer.<p>book After Book, Randy Wayne White's Audience And Critical Acclaim Continue To Grow. His Most Recent Thriller, <i>dark Light</i>, Was One Of His Brightest Novels (<i>south Florida Sun-sentinel</i>), Darkly Marvelous (the Miami Herald), A Compelling, Readable Tale In The Justly Celebrated Doc Ford Series By One Of This Country's Premier Crime Novelists (<i>booklist</i>). With <i>hunter's Moon</i>, White Is Ready To Take Another Giant Leap.<p>on A Foggy, Tropic October Night, The Full Moon Burning Through The Mist, I Stopped Paddling When I Heard Unexpected Voices. Muted Whispers, Neither English Nor Spanish, The Voices Of Men Moving In Stealth. They Shouldn't Have Been Here. I Shouldn't Have Been Here. There Were Plausible Explanations, But I Didn't Like Any Of Them.<p>when Ford Saves From Assassination A Controversial Former President Of The United...</p><h3>publishers Weekly</h3><p><p>the 14th Doc Ford Florida Thriller (after 2006's <i>dark Light</i>) From Bestseller White Requires More Suspension Of Disbelief Than Most Readers May Be Willing To Provide. Marine Biologist Ford, A Shadowy Figure With Multiple Links To The Intelligence Community, Gets An Unusual Commission From Kal Wilson, A Former One-term President Who Recently Lost His Wife In A Mysterious Plane Crash. Wilson, Who Has A Terminal Illness, Asks Ford's Help In Slipping His Protective Detail So That The Politician Can Search For Those He Believes Responsible For His Wife's Death. Implausibly, The Psychotic Serial Killer Who's Ford's B&ecirc;te Noir, Praxcedes Lourdes, Appears To Have Been Involved In The Attack On The Former First Lady, Giving The Covert Op A Personal Incentive To Assist Wilson. The Action Sequences, Especially Those Involving Wilson, Are Less Than Convincing, And The Climax Is Particularly Far-fetched. <i>(mar.)</i></p>copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.