Title: The Eight Fingered Fiend of
Genre: Humor/Satire
Author: Fletcher Best
Publisher: Fletcher Best
Pages: 202
Language: English
Format: Paperback
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Dark
secrets lie just below the surface of the small town of Lake Porker, Texas. The
long-time, yet much-despised mayor has been keeping his job by means of rigging
elections with the help of the town clerk, a highly respected woman who
secretly happens to be the mayor's dominatrix lover. The man that most of the
town thinks is a successful stock day trader is actually a methamphetamine
kingpin. His drop-dead beautiful and supposedly devoted God-fearing wife is not
only plotting to kill him and take over his meth empire, but she's having sex
with everyone and anyone she thinks will be helpful in advancing that goal. The
new African-American deputy is drawing the ire of the town rednecks and is
secretly involved in a May - December romance with the sheriff's wife. Then
there's Octavio, the oversexed freshwater octopus bred by the brilliant and
lonely fish hatchery scientist who has trained him in the ways of pleasure and
has taken him as her lover.
The
giant octopus periodically escapes the fish breeding lab and roams the lake
looking for other targets for his sexual talents, much to the confusing
combination of arousal and horror in his victims. Octavio can't be kept secret
forever, and soon he attracts the attention of a cryptozoologist and
documentary film producer and his intrepid cameraman out to make their next hit
reality television special. All of this plays out in an absurd, darkly comedic
romp filled with sex, drugs, and violence.
Welcome
to the cold, sticky embrace of The Eight Fingered Fiend Of Lake Porker!
First Chapter:
Prologue
It’s homecoming
for Abdullah “Abs” White. The long-time
Dallas police officer has moved back to his hometown of Lake Porker, Texas to
take a job with the town sheriff’s department.
The return to Lake Porker is not really by preference though. Abs liked his job in Dallas, but his widower
father is getting up in years and Abs decided it was time to move back home so
he could help his father as needed.
The
African-American lawman knows that the transition won’t be easy. Abs originally left Lake Porker right after
high school because he longed for the big city where there was more excitement
and less racism – at least overt racism anyway. He’s prepared for the fact that there’s
still a significant number of the townspeople who are not going to take kindly
to a black deputy.
But there’s a
lot that Abs isn’t prepared for. Things
could get pretty weird on the mean streets of Dallas and he thinks he’s seen it
all in his years as a cop, but that’s about to change. The sleepy little town of Lake Porker holds
some deep, dark secrets, and Abs is about to run headlong into them!
About
the Author
Fletcher
Best is an American author of humorous fiction and science fiction. He is
the author of the Stranded In Time series of science fiction novels,
including Pirates of the Storm, The Corpornation, and the
upcoming third installment, Timeless. His humorous works include Sniffing
Out Stink Ape, The Great Chupacabra Kerfuffle, and The
Eight Fingered Fiend of Lake Porker.
In
addition to his novels, Fletcher Best also writes short stories that are
published exclusively for the enjoyment of visitors to his website,
FletcherBest.com. These include the popular, Manatee Vengeance - Blood
at the Boat Launch, Alien Invasion of the Zombie Apocalypse, Operation
Black Friday, and A Fabulous Business Opportunity.
Born
in Miami , Florida Texas
since 1988. He (or more correctly, his real-life alter-ego George Best)
attended Parker College of Chiropractic in Dallas before beginning a chiropractic
practice in San Antonio
in 1992. He has resided in San
Antonio ever since and now lives in sin with his girlfriend
and their 4 cats (the sin being strictly with the girlfriend, not the
cats).
Readers
are invited to connect with Fletcher through his website at http://www.FletcherBest.com.
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My Review:
This book was funny. I was constantly laughing. The town was as messed up as the town from "Blazing Saddles". This book was a cross between a Mel Brooks film and an adult 18+ book. (There is sex, and a lot of puns). The title is explained early on and it definitely not what I expected. The corruption of the people in power had kept me interested and I wanted them to get caught. This is a great book to read to have a laugh. There are characters that will do anything for money and power. I can not wait to read more from this author, especially the inside jokes that are throughout the book. There was also a science sub-plot that I found interesting. An Octopus out of water? I am giving this book a 5/5. I was given a copy to review, however all opinions are my own.
The Eight Fingered Fiend of Lake Porker
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