'An entertainly cynical adventure story, this clever new series installment sends Northwest detective John Denson and his partner, Indian shaman Willy Prettybird, on the trail of the legendary Sasquatch…a fast, funny and deliciously crazy story.' P ublishers Weekly ' Darwin's Secret-and what a stunning trip it is-is the best trip I've ever taken up the Amazon, Ross Thomas, Washington Post Book World.

'You need prodigious energy, a wild streak and a madcap sense of the zany to write a comic adventure story that transcends such funereal publicizing words as prodigious, wild, madcap, and zany.' Richard Eder, editor of the Los Angeles Times Book Review. 'Snappy, fast-paced…James Burlane is slick, tough and lethal…Hoyt is an adroit and zestful writer.' Minneapolis Star-Tribune Very well written and will hold your attention from the start.' The New York Times 'Cultural shock measuring 9.5 on the Richter scale… A searing, fast-moving, sophisticated book, full of action and social comment. It's worth ten routine cloak-and-swagger dramas.' New York Daily News 'A wildly wicked yarn about Asian politics, power and high finance. 'This stratospheric tale is ribald entertainment on the grand scale.' Publisher's Weekly 'Damned near perfect.' Kirkus starred review. Does for espionage and terrorism what Joseph Heller's Catch 22 did for war.' The New York Times 'This is a book that defies any category, but it is brilliant, sensitive, and altogether unusual. It's a clever, sophisticated, and witty send-up of just about everything worth sending up these days…' Jonathan Yardley in the Washington Post Book World.'

Put this book at the top of your list.' The New York Times 'Trotsky's Run is stunner–superbly written, brilliantly plotted… A potent package. 'Street-smart realism with a Thomas Pynchon-like view of an off-kilter universe…A hip primer on cocaine economics.' Chicago Tribune Hoyt's rapacious Miamians will leave you gasping.' Kirkus Review 'Hours of creepy, cynical, sophisticated thrills. Hoyt is a delight to discover and a treat to read.' Library Journal 'A full-fledged member of the Wambaugh/Leonard/Westlake school of crime. 'A superior (thriller)…with an amoral family that will chill the blood…double-dealing federal drug agents and nonstop action…' The New York Times

Marimba is a wild ride into Carl Hiassen territory, dark and nasty, with a dose of…casual evil added to the mix… Expert storytelling.' George Pelecanos, Washington Post Book World

He also knows how to construct a thriller. He knows Miami, down to the…warm night breezes. 'Hoyt knows the political intricacies of the drug trade and its roots in Central America. First, some hot damn reviews to show that I can, sort of, write an entertaining novel, followed by the usual biographical hoo ha.

Whoo? by Richard Hoyt