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Books by Laurence Shames
  | | Nacho Unleashed (Key West Capers) by Laurence Shames Paperback, 233 Pages, Published 2019 by Independently Published ISBN-13: 978-1-79394-268-5, ISBN: 1-79394-268-4 "Key West has a new hero…He weighs four pounds and stands eight inches off the ground. His name is Nacho and he’s the bravest, shrewdest, funniest Chihuahua you will ever meet. He’ll do anything to help his master, the retired Mafioso Bert the Shirt, and his friends—especially the beautiful Rita, with whom Nacho is smitten from the very first time she reaches down to scratch his ears. Wise-cracking Rita, straight out of Jersey, is new in ..." |
 | | Welcome to Paradise(1st Edition) by Laurence Shames Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2000 by Fawcett ISBN-13: 978-0-345-43218-6, ISBN: 0-345-43218-5 "Before mild-mannered furniture salesman Al Tuschman left New Jersey for a week in Key West, he hadn't an enemy in the world. But a series of puzzling assaults on his privacy, his sanity, and his life has turned his stay at the tasteful Paradise Hotel into Tropical Hell. Maybe it's the humidity. Maybe the Sambuca. Or maybe it's the nickname emblazoned on his license plate: Big Al.For Big Al Marracotta, Mafia capo, a Florida getaway means ..." |
 | | Tropical Depression by Laurence Shames Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 1997 by Voice ISBN-13: 978-0-7868-8909-9, ISBN: 0-7868-8909-8 "Orley Hood, Jackson Clarion Ledger "Something truly special." — Mark Johnson, San Jose Mercury News "A hard-charging thriller . . . His prose is spare and powerful. But the real attraction is Shames's deft humor and quirky characters." |
 | | Not Fade Away A Short Life Well Lived by Laurence Shames, Peter Barton Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2004 by Harper Perennial ISBN-13: 978-0-06-073731-3, ISBN: 0-06-073731-X "Some people are born to lead and destined to teach by the example of living life to the fullest, and facing death with uncommon honesty and courage. Peter Barton was that kind of person. Driven by the ideals that sparked a generation, he became an overachieving Everyman, a risk-taker who showed others what was possible. Then, in the prime of his life — hugely successful, happily married, and the father of three children — Peter faced th ..." |
 | | Living Large(1st Edition) A Big Man's Ideas on Weight, Success, and Acceptance by Michael S. Berman, Laurence Shames Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2006 by Rodale Books ISBN-13: 978-1-59486-277-9, ISBN: 1-59486-277-X "A poignant, funny, and, above all, honest look at obesity from the inside out. Is it the goal of life to be thin? Or to be happy? In this inspiring story, those two elusive goals become one, as a fat man learns acceptance, loses the guilt, and gains the wisdom to manage his weight.You can hardly pick up a magazine or turn on the TV today without encountering a torrent of talk on weight. But all too rarely do we hear from overweight peop ..." |
 | | Welcome to Paradise(1st Edition) A Novel by Laurence Shames Hardcover, 220 Pages, Published 1999 by Villard ISBN-13: 978-0-375-50252-1, ISBN: 0-375-50252-1 "Laurence Shames, whom the Chicago Tribune calls "one of our best crime fiction writers," is back. This time he brings us a hilarious novel of mistaken identity and tropical crime that proves that while we all love the idea of a vacation, the truth is we often end up wishing we'd stayed home. For Alan Tuschman--mild-mannered furniture salesman from New Jersey, a man without an enemy--a vacation in Key West turns out to be not par ..." |
 | | Virgin Heat by Laurence Shames Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 1998 by Hyperion ISBN-13: 978-0-7868-8927-3, ISBN: 0-7868-8927-6 "A laugh-out-loud caper of love, lust, and identity that will open your heart. For 10 years now, Angelina Amaro has kept a secret so deep, so personal, that she couldn't share it with anyone, not even her closest relative. She is in love. In love with the man who betrayed her father, Mafia capo Paul Amaro, and sent him away to prison. In "Virgin Heat", Angelina sets out to track him down in the wilds of Key West and in the process, finds ..." |
 | | Virgin Heat(1st Edition) by Laurence Shames Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 1997 by Hyperion ISBN-13: 978-0-7868-6203-0, ISBN: 0-7868-6203-3 "Meet Angelina Amaro, the star-crossed daughter of Mafia capo Paul Amaro. For ten long years virginal Angelina has been carrying a secret torch for the stool pigeon who betrayed her father to the cops in exchange for a spot in the Witness Protection Program. When she recognizes her beloved's hands mixing drinks in a relative's Key West vacation video, Angelina stops pining and starts planning her escape from her family and reunion w ..." |
 | | Scavenger Reef by Laurence Shames, Peter Barton Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 1995 by Dell ISBN-13: 978-0-440-21797-8, ISBN: 0-440-21797-0 "Key West artist Augie Silver's paintings are worth a fortune, if he is dead, but he may be still alive and ready to paint again; and there are those who want to make sure that he is dead. Reprint. NYT. PW. " |
 | | Sunburn(1st Edition) by Laurence Shames Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 1995 by Hyperion ISBN-13: 978-0-7868-6068-5, ISBN: 0-7868-6068-5 "Joey Goldman, the illegitimate son of the Godfather, turns to his friend, reporter Arty Magnus, for help when his father decides to retire and needs a ghostwriter to help him write his memoirs, but there are many enemies out to stop the project." |
 | | Florida Straits(Reprint) by Laurence Shames Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 1993 by Dell ISBN-13: 978-0-440-21511-0, ISBN: 0-440-21511-0 "Joey Goldman's flying south for the winter. The second-string New York wiseguy just packed up his faithful girlfriend Sandra and took off for Key West -- land of sun, surf and sleaze -- where a small-time hustler in search of a racket can score the big one. If he can find it. Enter Joey's half brother Gino. On the lam from the mob after one of the most royally screwed-up jewel heists in Florida history, Gino's a man in need of a ..." |
 | | Mangrove Squeeze by Laurence Shames Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 1999 by Ballantine Books ISBN-13: 978-0-345-43306-0, ISBN: 0-345-43306-8 |
 | | The Naked Detective(Reprint) by Laurence Shames Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2001 by Fawcett ISBN-13: 978-0-345-43219-3, ISBN: 0-345-43219-3 "The gumshoe bit wasn’t Peter Amsterdam’s idea. His accountant made him do it. But Pete should have figured that with a comfortable tax dodge in the sunny Florida Keys comes the inevitable knockout blonde looking for help. Sometimes life can be like the movies. Unfortunately for Pete, it isn’t black and white.There’s more to the blonde than meets the eye. And fast on her stiletto heels is a hotshot Key West thug, his possibly duplicitous ..." |
 | | THE NAKED DETECTIVE. by Laurence Shames Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2000 by Orion ISBN-13: 978-0-7528-3256-2, ISBN: 0-7528-3256-5 |
 | | Welcome To Paradise(Updated) by Laurence Shames Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2000 by Orion ISBN-13: 978-0-7528-3698-0, ISBN: 0-7528-3698-6 |
 | | Florida Straits(Updated) by Laurence Shames Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 1999 by Orion ISBN-13: 978-0-7528-1597-8, ISBN: 0-7528-1597-0 "In Key West for the summer, New York wiseguy Joey Goldman teams up with his half-brother, Gino--who is on the lam from the mob--and foolishly agrees to be the fall guy in Gino's latest scheme. Reprint. NYT." |
 | | Welcome to Paradise by Laurence Shames Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 1999 by Orion ISBN-13: 978-0-7528-2548-9, ISBN: 0-7528-2548-8 |
 | | Virgin Heat(Updated) by Laurence Shames Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 1998 by Orion Mass Market Paperback ISBN-13: 978-0-7528-1561-9, ISBN: 0-7528-1561-X |
 | | Sunburn by Laurence Shames Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 1996 by Hyperion ISBN-13: 978-0-7868-8903-7, ISBN: 0-7868-8903-9 "The cast of the author's novel Florida Straights returns in a funny, witty thriller featuring an aging Mafia don who visits his illegitimate, half-Jewish son and turns Key West upside down. Reprint. AB. K." |
 | | Tropical Depression by Laurence Shames Hardcover, 325 Pages, Published 1996 by Macmillan ISBN-13: 978-0-333-64719-6, ISBN: 0-333-64719-X |
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