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Phoenix newspaper columnist Alexander Strange loves his job writing about news of the weird, but his own life turns bizarre when shots riddle his uncle's Scottsdale, Arizona home.Who would want Superior Court Judge Leonard D. Strano dead? And why?Alexander has twenty-four hours to find out or he'll have a death on his hands. Maybe his own.To solve the mystery he must cobble togetheir an unlikely alliance of newspaper and television reporters, a sketchy bailiff, and a retired madam, all the while dodging a pair of dubious FBI agents, wild dogs, a freeway sniper, and raging forest fires.And how in the world did he end up in those high heels?

Alexander Strange wants to get to Florida in the worst way. So he arrives in a coffin. Chilling in its own right but made more so by the prediction of a soothsayer in New Orleans that he soon will actually face death.Why Florida? He's a columnist for an online news service that publishes The Strange Files, his weird news report. Where better to commit journalism than Florida when weirdness is your beat?But before he can begin writing, he must confront the challenge of helping an old college friend who is being blackmailed. Which leads him on a bizarre journey through the Gunshine State to a series of bizarre and haunted locales while trying to unravel the mystery of not only who is threatening his friend--and why--but also testing the boundaries of friendship and trust.Can you be too cynical? He has to find out.

Alexander Strange wants to get to Florida in the worst way. So he arrives in a coffin. And why not? He writes about news of the weird for a living, so what could be crazier than that? Well, things do get more bizarre when he hooks up with an old college friend. She's being blackmailed by a mad rhymester who sends her on a scavenger hunt across the state to a series of oddly haunted tourist traps. Kinda funny. Until it isn't. Bullets will do that.

Alexander Strange lives and works aboard a fishing trawler in Naples, Florida writing about news of the weird. His laid-back lifestyle is disrupted when a feisty author of conspiracy books insists he investigate the death of her brother in Key West. Her name is Silver, and the cops think her brother's death was an accident, a scuba diving mishap caused by nitrogen narcosis. But Silver doesn't buy it. She believes he was murdered, and the motivation behind his killing is far more noxious. When she tells Alexander her brother's last words to her were, "I found a mermaid," it's a story too good for a weird-news reporter to resist. But when the bullets start flying and the sharks start circling, he realizes he's gotten into something literally over his head.

Phoenix newspaper columnist Alexander Strange enjoys his job writing about news of the weird, but his own life becomes bizarre when shots riddle his uncle's Scottsdale, Arizona home.Who would want Superior Court Judge Leonard D. Strano dead? And why? Strange has twenty-four hours to find the answers or he'll have a death on his hands. Maybe his own.To solve the mystery, he must cobble together an unlikely alliance of newspaper and television reporters, a sketchy bailiff, and a retired madam--all the while dodging the intrusive eyes of a pair of dubious FBI agents, packs of wild dogs, a freeway shooter, and an uncontrolled forest fie.And how in the world did he end up in those high heels?

Weird news columnist Alexander Strange's day began when someone poisoned his fried okra. Bad enough, but, worse, it was meant for his dog, Fred. Now he's being framed for the hanging death of a colleague. Who's behind this and why is he in their sights?When the going gets weird, Strange gets going. He starts by corralling some allies--a retired urinal mat salesman turned private eye and a gorgeous public defender who wants him to abandon his "catch and release" love life. She also wants him to get rid of his shippmate, Mona, the mannequin.This unlikely crew must get to the bottom of who is behind the mayhem or they, too, may find themselves at the end of a rope. Along the way, they journey to the hottest new tourist attraction in Florida, a religious theme park where dinosaurs are vegetarians, and yacht with a Jell-O filled swimming pool where the Boogie Barbies are scheduled to perform. And they must dodge Stalin's Hangmen, Miami-based thugs for hire, who want Strange dead.And what's with the chicken feathers?

Alexander Strange, America's only full-time weird-news reporter, is on the trail of the elusive Florida vigilante known as Mister Manners.Mister Manners has been on a rampage, gluing grocery carts to car roofs, hiding pythons in tourists' beds, and now the cops believe he dumped a load of horse manure on a naked mob bagman.He's become a social media phenomenon, a kind of modern Robin Hood, striking out against stupidity and rudeness.Who is this guy? Alexander Strange is determined to score the first interview with him. But first he must dodge a hired gun, a crazed narc who think's he's Hunter S. Thompson reincarnated, the Queen of Murder and Mayhem, and a deadly toad--all during a raging pandemic.And Mister Manners, himself, could be tricky to deal with--he's a trained killer, after all.

Alexander Strange, America's only full-time weird-news reporter, is on the trail of the elusive Florida vigilante known as Mister Manners.Mister Manners has been on a rampage, gluing grocery carts to car roofs, hiding pythons in tourists' beds, and now the cops believe he dumped a load of horse manure on a naked mob bagman.He's become a social media phenomenon, a kind of modern Robin Hood, striking out against stupidity and rudeness.Who is this guy? Alexander Strange is determined to score the first interview with him. But first he must dodge a hired gun, a crazed narc who think's he's Hunter S. Thompson reincarnated, the Queen of Murder and Mayhem, and a deadly toad--all during a raging pandemic.And Mister Manners, himself, could be tricky to deal with--he's a trained killer, after all.