North of Havana is South of White's Best

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	• North of Havana (Doc Ford) Randy Wayne White Berkley, 1998 - 272 pages average customer review:based on 10 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Another good read

Like the rest of the Doc Ford novels, it's well worth the time.

A great read, but not his best

I'm a big RWW fan and enjoyed this book as well, but as stated by an earlier reviewer, I thought "North of Havana" lost a little steam midway through. It may have been the fact that Tomlinson, whose eccentricities are normally a source of mild consternation for Doc Ford, are the cause of some major problems, both to Ford and to his female companion. That those character flaws lead indirectly to several deaths makes Tomlinson less quirky and more downright irritating.

Otherwise, an action-focused entry in a great series of novels.

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negative reviews?

I have been interested in reading the reviews of this book. I read widely, and have read all of RWW's books and I am surprised at some of the negative reviews here. I read "North of Havana" last (of RWW books including nonfiction) and liked it as well as any other. I did not think the book slowed at all and I found it interesting until the end.

The reviews on this page turned me off from reading "North of Havana," but having no other RWW to read, I picked it up. I am glad I did. If you are a fan, don't let negative reviews keep you from enjoying this one too.

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North of Havana is South of White's Best

Randy Wayne White is an outstanding writer and his novels are usually quick reading page turners. North of Havana is a little different because it is set in Cuba and the character dynamics are different. Tomlinson seems laregly insane and Dewey Nye (who accompanies Doc to Cuba against his wishes) does not seem to fit into this story very well. For some reason North of Havana bogs down a little. It's not a bad read but didn't pull me in the way Randy's books usually do. That being said, you need to read this one in sequence with the others if you want to fully understand the story of Doc Ford's relationship with Dewey, Pilar, and his son.

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One of my all time favorite writers

RWW is always excellent! I have read his 1st five books this last year-
normally I get bored with authors and will not read more than 2 a year.
Each story is very different from the previous yet is very much part of the series.
Each character seems authentic and with a voice unique from the others.
Most authors seem to have trouble doing this - their characters talk from the roughly the same voice or perspective.
This story might have been a little slow but RWW writes so well I don't mind. Plenty of suprises big & subtle. As always good characters, fast paced dialogue,action and emotion. Once again I'm dissappointed to be finished. On to book 6!

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Randy Wayne White's Doc Ford novels have been praised as "witty" (San Diego Union-Tribune), "must-reads" (Chicago Tribune) and "superb." (Denver Post) Now, White's newest thriller takes Doc Ford to Havana, where his friend is being held by the Cuban government. Still haunted by his suspected involvement in a plot against Castro, Ford ventures to Cuba--where he finds himself entangled in a web of murder, revenge, and assassination.

* >From the author of the critically acclaimed novel Captiva (Prime Crime, 5/97)
* Another mystery featuring Randy Wayne White's Doc Ford is on the way
* Will appeal to fans of Carl Hiaasen and John D. Macdonald
* "We'll drop anything we're doing to read a new Randy White novel and be glad we did."

--Denver Post

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