Carl Hiaasen, a reporter turned writer is all about South Florida. He used to write for the Miami Hearld, before he turned to writing books. His bound works can be loosely divided into two categories, young adult fiction and crime stories. All set in Florida. In the first category, Hoot, a story about burrowing owls and the ecologetic fight to save them has already been made into a movie. In the second category, Bad Monkey appears to be the first of these works to be getting the Hollywood treatment. While not actually having read either of these stories, I have had them both read to me via books on tape, all the while driving on cross country road trips. For Bad Monkey we were even going to Key West where that novel is set. In the early days of post-retirement road trips, we would often choose an audiobook to listen to that was set in the locale of our destination. Now we have satellite radio and just blast tunes as we trundle on down the road. Here is a link to the raving New York Times review of this book.

Bad Monkey is scheduled to begin streaming on Apple TV in August. It will star Vince Vaughn as Andrew Yancy the Key West detective who has been demoted to food inspector. I have high hopes for this series, because this show is being created by Bill Lawerence of Ted Lasso fame. Hiaasen has already written a slew of Yancy detective stories, making the possibility for multiple seasons.