{"product_id":"messing-around-c-lowry-9798256086855","title":"Messing Around","description":"MESSING AROUND\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Weird \u0026amp; Whacky Florida Mystery\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e����️ A garbage route driver is found dead on a lonely Florida county road.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ���� Local police call it a robbery gone wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ����️ Danny \"Gumbo\" Malone smells toxic waste, corporate corruption... and murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen longtime Cedar Key sanitation contractor Earl Croom turns up dead beside his garbage truck, the case looks simple on paper: missing wallet, isolated road, bad luck. But Gumbo quickly notices something the sheriff overlooked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEarl had changed his route home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e He'd been taking secret phone calls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e And he'd started documenting strange tanker trucks leaving the county landfill before sunrise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat begins as a small-town murder investigation soon spirals into a sprawling Gulf Coast conspiracy involving corporate shell companies, illegal dumping operations, buried environmental crimes, offshore holding corporations, and a waste management empire willing to kill to protect its secrets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Gumbo digs deeper into the humid underbelly of Levy County, he uncovers a hidden network connecting: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecorrupt landfill contracts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003etoxic waste trafficking\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efalsified environmental audits\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eshadowy Delaware holding companies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eorganized corporate cover-ups\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eand mysterious late-night operations buried beneath Florida marshland.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow Gumbo is up against powerful executives, nervous whistleblowers, compromised officials, and a corporation that knows exactly how to make problems disappear beneath tons of dirt and paperwork.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Earl Croom left behind records.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e And somebody is getting desperate to find them first.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e���� Murder on a back county road\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ����️ Toxic landfill conspiracies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ���� Gulf Coast corruption\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ���� Corporate shell-company intrigue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ���� Florida noir atmosphere\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ���� Environmental crime cover-ups\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ���� Slow-burn detective suspense\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ⚠️ Illegal dumping operations and buried secrets\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePacked with razor-sharp dialogue, layered investigative tension, eccentric Gulf Coast characters, and atmospheric Southern noir, \u003cstrong\u003eMESSING AROUND\u003c\/strong\u003e delivers a gripping hardboiled Florida mystery filled with corporate corruption, coastal intrigue, and dangerous secrets hiding in plain sight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for fans of: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ✔ Florida noir mysteries\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ✔ Private investigator thrillers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ✔ Gulf Coast crime fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ✔ Environmental conspiracy thrillers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ✔ Corporate corruption mysteries\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ✔ Hardboiled detective novels\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ✔ Slow-burn investigative suspense\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ✔ Elmore Leonard dialogue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ✔ John D. MacDonald coastal atmosphere\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ✔ Carl Hiaasen Florida weirdness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you love cinematic crime fiction featuring smart investigations, strange Florida characters, dark humor, and dangerous conspiracies hidden beneath sunny coastlines, then \u003cstrong\u003eMESSING AROUND\u003c\/strong\u003e is your next addictive mystery thriller.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause in Florida...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e sometimes the dirtiest secrets are the ones already buried. ��������️\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e C. 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