Black Widow (A Doc Ford Novel)

by Randy Wayne White

Book Overview

Revenge becomes very personal for Doc Ford, in the stunning new novel by the New York Times-bestselling author. It was a simple exchange. Clean. So why did things go so terribly wrong? It went against... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0425226700
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.3" x 1.1" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

Great Read

This is my first Randy Wayne White book. I have heard the members of my book discussion group rave about his books even though we have never read one of his. This book was all that was promised and then some. I was hooked on the first page. Now I will start reading the rest of his books. This book was filled with suspense- but not overloaded with gore. It left a lot to your imagination. It is interesting reading about the islands and it made me wonder if someone could film vacationers in that manner. It is kind of unnerving thinking you could be watched and filmed on your vacation. Hopefully if it happens to us we will have a "Doc" to rescue us. Since I live in Florida, I enjoyed reading a Florida author. Hopefully the rest of his books will take place in Florida instead of an obscure island.

Black Widow

Doc Ford just keeps getting better! As in all of Mr. White's previous Doc Ford tales the journey & geography this time Saint Lucia in the Caribbean is so seductively protrayed the reader feels like they're sharing a holiday.....albeit a dangerous holiday. The characters are both real & surreal with the addition of a psychotic self-proclaimed Voodoo like-Priestess & a 70+ year old Brit who James Bond could only hope to aspire to in retirement. The protagnost Doc Ford is real... A real hero complete with exposed emotions wrapped into this very complex & intelligent man. The reader gets hooked into non-stop action with all benefits of author's meticulous research & humanity. Thanks Randy for another fine read!!

Another Great Randy Wayne White Read.

After being disappointed with Hunter's Moon, this book restored my enjoyment of the Doc Ford franchise. I have to say, however, that White wrote Hunter's Moon at the same time he was dealing with the aftermath of the hurricanes that hit his area of Florida in 2005. Blackmail and voodoo are among the evils that Ford is faced with in this fast paced novel. There are also the usual `nature lessons' that pertain to Ford's job as a biologist. The descriptions of poison shrimp and the dangers of jelly fish are an added feature to the story. Ford and Tomlinson's encounter with beached Pilot Whales and the Hammerhead sharks that are attracted to the distressed whales is an interesting side bar. Along the way, Ford teams up with an elderly British gentleman who brings James Bond to mind. He comes across as a former British operative who now lives on St. Lucia in the Caribbean. He also fancies himself as a descendent of the Knights Templar. All in all a very likeable character and plays a vital role in the story. Without spoiling the plot, the ending definitely leaves one thinking about the plot line in the next book in the series. Thank you, Mr. White, for another entertaining novel.

Black Widow

Once again Randy Wayne White has proven himself to be one of the finest writers. Black Widow is a terrific read and I enjoyed it. The Doc Ford Series just keeps getting better. My advice is to read them all and in the order they were written.

A great beach read

I saw Randy Wayne White speak at a booksigning down here in Southwest Florida last night, and was impressed with his gift for storytelling and self-effacing sense of humor. I could see how this relaxed, funny guy wrote Black Widow, which is a shameless potboiling page-turner. This is exactly the kind of book you want with you at the beach, preferably with an ice-cold Corona or frosty margarita. To be precise, on Lighthouse Beach or Bowman's Beach on beautiful Sanibel Island, the very real home of fictional Doc Ford, the hero of Black Widow. I'm biased. I live on Sanibel, and I'm partial to books that focus on places I know. So I especially enjoyed the parts of the book set here. But even the segments set elsewhere stayed interesting and moved fast. The story, which includes steamy tropical sex, blackmail, poisonous jellyfish and attacking hammerhead sharks, is outlandish and delicious. I enjoyed Doc's hippie neighbor Tomlinson, who thinks he can talk with whales. Doc himself seems cut from the same cloth as Indiana Jones -- just substitute biologist for archeologist and you're halfway there. My only caveat: you'll enjoy the book the most if you're familiar with White's earlier Doc Ford titles. There's a lot of talk of things that have happened before. If you're a newbie to the joys of Randy Wayne White, I suggest starting with an earlier Doc Ford novel and working your way through.