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** The main character's daughters death before the book, and his AdultFear when his son is injured.
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** The main character's daughters death before the book, and his AdultFear concern when his son is injured.
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** ''Literature/StarIsland'' gives a DroppedABridgeOnHim mention of a past recurring character [[spoiler:Brenda Tile]], who's said to have recently passed away.
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* ''Tourist Season'' ends with [[spoiler:Skip Wiley]], eco-terrorist mastermind, stuck on an island and surrounded by dynamite, frantically attempting to cajole an eagle to fly to safety, with the blasting soon to start.
** Also from that book, Brian having to tell Mrs. Bellamy that her husband was murdered, BenevolentBoss Cab Mulcahy's implied disgrace as a result of the story's fallout, and the terrified final moments of murder victim Renee [=LeVoux=].
** Also from that book, Brian having to tell Mrs. Bellamy that her husband was murdered, BenevolentBoss Cab Mulcahy's implied disgrace as a result of the story's fallout, and the terrified final moments of murder victim Renee [=LeVoux=].
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* ''Tourist Season'' ends with [[spoiler:Skip Wiley]], eco-terrorist mastermind, stuck on an island and surrounded by dynamite, frantically attempting to cajole an eagle to fly to safety, with the blasting soon to start.
**start. Also from that book, book:
** Brian having to tell Mrs. Bellamy that her husband wasmurdered, murdered;
** BenevolentBoss Cab Mulcahy's implied disgrace as a result of the story'sfallout, and the fallout;
** The terrified final moments of murder victim Renee [=LeVoux=].
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** Brian having to tell Mrs. Bellamy that her husband was
** BenevolentBoss Cab Mulcahy's implied disgrace as a result of the story's
** The terrified final moments of murder victim Renee [=LeVoux=].
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* The briefly touched-upon trauma felt by Vicky the dead girls parents and boyfriend in ''Skin Tight'', with her boyfriend [[ItsAllMyFault blaming himself]] due to (correctly) wondering if she might have been getting plastic surgery for his benefit when she disappeared.
* Jerry Killian's murder in ''Strip Tease'' in a NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished fashion. The guy wasn't perfect, but he did leave behind children, and he'd been trying to help Erin.
* Jerry Killian's murder in ''Strip Tease'' in a NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished fashion. The guy wasn't perfect, but he did leave behind children, and he'd been trying to help Erin.
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* The briefly touched-upon trauma felt by Vicky the dead girls murder victim Vicky's parents and boyfriend in ''Skin Tight'', with her boyfriend [[ItsAllMyFault blaming himself]] due to (correctly) wondering if she might have been getting plastic surgery for his benefit when she disappeared.
disappeared.
* Jerry Killian's murder in''Strip Tease'' ''Literature/StripTease'' in a NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished fashion. The guy wasn't perfect, but he did leave behind children, and he'd been trying to help Erin.
* Jerry Killian's murder in
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** Also in ''Stormy Weather'', The assault on Brenda and the theft of her mother's wedding ring in, which trigger Skink's RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
* In ''Sick Puppy'' the murder of [[spoiler: Dr. Brinkman]] a decent man, horrified by his employers scheme, and who'd provided some help and friendship to the main characters.
* In ''Sick Puppy'' the murder of [[spoiler: Dr. Brinkman]] a decent man, horrified by his employers scheme, and who'd provided some help and friendship to the main characters.
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** Also in ''Stormy Weather'', The the assault on Brenda and the theft of her mother's wedding ring in, ring, which trigger Skink's RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
* In ''Sick Puppy'' the murder of [[spoiler: Dr. Brinkman]] a decent man, horrified by hisemployers employer's scheme, and who'd provided some help and friendship to the main characters.
* In ''Sick Puppy'' the murder of [[spoiler: Dr. Brinkman]] a decent man, horrified by his
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** The death of rock star Jimmy Stoma in that novel also gets some gravitas as people who cared about him appear and the cirucmstances behind his death become clear.
* ''Bad Monkey'''s [[TheCoroner Rosa Campesino]] has two notably sad autopsies: that of an eight-year-old girl who [[spoiler:drowned in the family pool--doubled over in the shallow end from the pain of a burst appendix--while her parents were at a casino]]; and that of an eleven-year-old boy [[spoiler:run over by the school bus]].
* In ''Razor Girl'', The break-up of [[spoiler: Yancy and Rosa's romance]]. It was heavily foreshadowed, but still disheartening.
* A lot of what [[WrongfullyAccused Diego Beltran]] goes through in ''Squeeze Me''.
** ''Squeeze Me'' also gives a DroppedABridgeOnHim mention of a past recurring character [[spoiler:Brenda Tile]], whose said to have recently passed away.
* ''Bad Monkey'''s [[TheCoroner Rosa Campesino]] has two notably sad autopsies: that of an eight-year-old girl who [[spoiler:drowned in the family pool--doubled over in the shallow end from the pain of a burst appendix--while her parents were at a casino]]; and that of an eleven-year-old boy [[spoiler:run over by the school bus]].
* In ''Razor Girl'', The break-up of [[spoiler: Yancy and Rosa's romance]]. It was heavily foreshadowed, but still disheartening.
* A lot of what [[WrongfullyAccused Diego Beltran]] goes through in ''Squeeze Me''.
** ''Squeeze Me'' also gives a DroppedABridgeOnHim mention of a past recurring character [[spoiler:Brenda Tile]], whose said to have recently passed away.
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** The death of rock star Jimmy Stoma in that novel also gets some gravitas as people who cared about him appear and the cirucmstances circumstances behind his death become clear.
** ''Literature/StarIsland'' gives a DroppedABridgeOnHim mention of a past recurring character [[spoiler:Brenda Tile]], who's said to have recently passed away.
* ''Bad Monkey'''s [[TheCoroner Rosa Campesino]] has two notably sad autopsies: that of an eight-year-old girl who[[spoiler:drowned drowned in the family pool--doubled pool --doubled over in the shallow end from the pain of a burst appendix--while appendix -- while her parents were at a casino]]; casino; and that of an eleven-year-old boy [[spoiler:run run over by the school bus]].
bus. Neither autopsy is central to the plot, but both emphasize the effect that working as a coroner in South Florida can have on a person.
* In ''RazorGirl'', The Girl'': the break-up of [[spoiler: Yancy and Rosa's romance]]. It was heavily foreshadowed, but still disheartening.
* A lot of what [[WrongfullyAccused Diego Beltran]] goes through in''Squeeze Me''.
** ''Squeeze Me'' also gives a DroppedABridgeOnHim mention of a past recurring character [[spoiler:Brenda Tile]], whose said to have recently passed away.''Literature/SqueezeMe''.
** ''Literature/StarIsland'' gives a DroppedABridgeOnHim mention of a past recurring character [[spoiler:Brenda Tile]], who's said to have recently passed away.
* ''Bad Monkey'''s [[TheCoroner Rosa Campesino]] has two notably sad autopsies: that of an eight-year-old girl who
* In ''Razor
* A lot of what [[WrongfullyAccused Diego Beltran]] goes through in
** ''Squeeze Me'' also gives a DroppedABridgeOnHim mention of a past recurring character [[spoiler:Brenda Tile]], whose said to have recently passed away.
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* Peter Killian's murder in ''Strip Tease'' in a NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished fashion. The guy wasn't perfect, but he did leave behind children, and he'd been trying to help Erin.
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* Peter Jerry Killian's murder in ''Strip Tease'' in a NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished fashion. The guy wasn't perfect, but he did leave behind children, and he'd been trying to help Erin.
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* A lot of what [[WrongfullyAccused Diego Beltran]] goes through in ''Squeeze Me''.
** ''Squeeze Me'' also gives a DroppedABridgeOnHim mention of a past recurring character [[spoiler:Brenda Tile]], whose said to have recently passed away.
** ''Squeeze Me'' also gives a DroppedABridgeOnHim mention of a past recurring character [[spoiler:Brenda Tile]], whose said to have recently passed away.
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* In ''Razor Girl'', The break-up of [[spoiler: Yancy and Rosa's romance]]. It was heavily foreshadowed, but still disheartening.
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* In ''Razor Girl'', The break-up of [[spoiler: Yancy and Rosa's romance]]. It was heavily foreshadowed, but still disheartening.disheartening.
* Quite a bit from the DarkerAndEdgier books Hiaasen wrote with Bill Montalbano at the beginning of his career.
** The main character's daughters death before the book, and his AdultFear when his son is injured.
** A girl in a coma with a grieving, concerned mother being taken off life support to remove a threat against the local AmoralAttorney whose afraid it will be revealed he gave her the drugs to put her in the coma.
** In ''Powder Burn'' the main character seeing his old girlfriend and her daughter (who might be his) run down in the aftermath of a mob hit minutes after meeting them again.
** The funeral of the BigBad in ''Powder Burn''. Yes, he had it coming, but his old friends, who fought against Castro with him and considered themselves TrueCompanions (and have have been his moralityPet's), have no idea about his crimes and are deeply saddened by what happened.
** The description of the village firefight (both over the other soldiers killed and the armed civilians they were forced to kill) from ''A Death in China''.
** The CainAndAbel resolution to David Wang going to help his brother.
* Quite a bit from the DarkerAndEdgier books Hiaasen wrote with Bill Montalbano at the beginning of his career.
** The main character's daughters death before the book, and his AdultFear when his son is injured.
** A girl in a coma with a grieving, concerned mother being taken off life support to remove a threat against the local AmoralAttorney whose afraid it will be revealed he gave her the drugs to put her in the coma.
** In ''Powder Burn'' the main character seeing his old girlfriend and her daughter (who might be his) run down in the aftermath of a mob hit minutes after meeting them again.
** The funeral of the BigBad in ''Powder Burn''. Yes, he had it coming, but his old friends, who fought against Castro with him and considered themselves TrueCompanions (and have have been his moralityPet's), have no idea about his crimes and are deeply saddened by what happened.
** The description of the village firefight (both over the other soldiers killed and the armed civilians they were forced to kill) from ''A Death in China''.
** The CainAndAbel resolution to David Wang going to help his brother.
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* ''Bad Monkey'''s [[TheCoroner Rosa Campesino]] has two notably sad autopsies: that of an eight-year-old girl who [[spoiler:drowned in the family pool--doubled over in the shallow end from the pain of a burst appendix--while her parents were at a casino]]; and that of an eleven-year-old boy [[spoiler:run over by the school bus]].
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* ''Bad Monkey'''s [[TheCoroner Rosa Campesino]] has two notably sad autopsies: that of an eight-year-old girl who [[spoiler:drowned in the family pool--doubled over in the shallow end from the pain of a burst appendix--while her parents were at a casino]]; and that of an eleven-year-old boy [[spoiler:run over by the school bus]].bus]].
* In ''Razor Girl'', The break-up of [[spoiler: Yancy and Rosa's romance]]. It was heavily foreshadowed, but still disheartening.
* In ''Razor Girl'', The break-up of [[spoiler: Yancy and Rosa's romance]]. It was heavily foreshadowed, but still disheartening.
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** Also, Brian having to tell Mrs. Bellamy that her husband was murdered, and the terrified final moments of murder victim Renee [=LeVoux=].
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** Also, Also from that book, Brian having to tell Mrs. Bellamy that her husband was murdered, BenevolentBoss Cab Mulcahy's implied disgrace as a result of the story's fallout, and the terrified final moments of murder victim Renee [=LeVoux=].
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* In ''Sick Puppy'' the murder of [[spoilder: Dr. Brinkman]] a decent man, horrified by his employers scheme, and who'd provided some help and friendship to the main characters.
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* In ''Sick Puppy'' the murder of [[spoilder: [[spoiler: Dr. Brinkman]] a decent man, horrified by his employers scheme, and who'd provided some help and friendship to the main characters.
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** Also, Brian having to tell Mrs. Bellamy that her husband was murdered, and the terrified final moments of murder victim Renee [=LeVoux=].
* [[spoiler: Ott]], a humorous character and good friend of the protagonist, being murdered in ''Double Whammy''.
** Also, Skink's reaction to seeing [[spoiler: the lake filled with dying fish and his own prized one in danger]].
* The briefly touched-upon trauma felt by Vicky the dead girls parents and boyfriend in ''Skin Tight'', with her boyfriend [[ItsAllMyFault blaming himself]] due to (correctly) wondering if she might have been getting plastic surgery for his benefit when she disappeared.
* Peter Killian's murder in ''Strip Tease'' in a NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished fashion. The guy wasn't perfect, but he did leave behind children, and he'd been trying to help Erin.
* In ''Stormy Weather'' while the death of Ira Jackson's mother (violent thug that he is) and the loss of Levon Stichler's wife's ashes do get some gravity to them, despite being the instigating events for more humorous events that follow.
** Also in ''Stormy Weather'', The assault on Brenda and the theft of her mother's wedding ring in, which trigger Skink's RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
* In ''Sick Puppy'' the murder of [[spoilder: Dr. Brinkman]] a decent man, horrified by his employers scheme, and who'd provided some help and friendship to the main characters.
* [[spoiler: Ott]], a humorous character and good friend of the protagonist, being murdered in ''Double Whammy''.
** Also, Skink's reaction to seeing [[spoiler: the lake filled with dying fish and his own prized one in danger]].
* The briefly touched-upon trauma felt by Vicky the dead girls parents and boyfriend in ''Skin Tight'', with her boyfriend [[ItsAllMyFault blaming himself]] due to (correctly) wondering if she might have been getting plastic surgery for his benefit when she disappeared.
* Peter Killian's murder in ''Strip Tease'' in a NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished fashion. The guy wasn't perfect, but he did leave behind children, and he'd been trying to help Erin.
* In ''Stormy Weather'' while the death of Ira Jackson's mother (violent thug that he is) and the loss of Levon Stichler's wife's ashes do get some gravity to them, despite being the instigating events for more humorous events that follow.
** Also in ''Stormy Weather'', The assault on Brenda and the theft of her mother's wedding ring in, which trigger Skink's RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
* In ''Sick Puppy'' the murder of [[spoilder: Dr. Brinkman]] a decent man, horrified by his employers scheme, and who'd provided some help and friendship to the main characters.
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** The death of rock star Jimmy Stoma in that novel also gets some gravitas as people who cared about him appear and the cirucmstances behind his death become clear.
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* The lyrics of the Music/WarrenZevon song "Basket Case," quoted in full at the end of the novel of the same name. Considering the book came out in 2002 and Zevon died in 2003, it comes across as Hiaasen giving his friend a send-off.
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* ''Tourist Season'' ends with [[spoiler:Skip Wiley]], eco-terrorist mastermind, stuck on an island and surrounded by dynamite, frantically attempting to cajole an eagle to fly to safety, with the blasting soon to start.
* ''Bad Monkey'''s [[TheCoroner Rosa Campesino]] has two notably sad autopsies: that of an eight-year-old girl who [[spoiler:drowned in the family pool--doubled over in the shallow end from the pain of a burst appendix--while her parents were at a casino]]; and that of an eleven-year-old boy [[spoiler:run over by the school bus]].
* ''Bad Monkey'''s [[TheCoroner Rosa Campesino]] has two notably sad autopsies: that of an eight-year-old girl who [[spoiler:drowned in the family pool--doubled over in the shallow end from the pain of a burst appendix--while her parents were at a casino]]; and that of an eleven-year-old boy [[spoiler:run over by the school bus]].
