Booty Shake

BOOTY SHAKE

A Weird & Whacky Florida Mystery

🌴 A dead treasure hunter.
🏴‍☠️ A missing golden artifact.
🐊 And a Florida conspiracy so bizarre it might actually be true.

When eccentric diver Brad Goldfinder turns up dead on a Gulf Coast beach with a vintage diving weight smashed into his skull, private investigator Danny "Gumbo" Malone expects another weird Florida homicide fueled by greed, bad decisions, and too much rum.

Then the gold coins start washing ashore.

Now Gumbo is neck-deep in a chaotic mystery involving a legendary sunken treasure, a museum director with suspicious ambitions, a team of elderly scuba divers behaving like a geriatric Ocean's Eleven, and whispers about a lost Fountain of Youth formula hidden inside an ancient golden macaw artifact.

As the investigation spirals through pirate-themed galas, underwater wreck dives, abandoned Florida attractions, offshore treasure hunts, and neon-lit marina bars, Gumbo uncovers something even stranger than buried gold:

Someone is using a mysterious anti-aging formula.
And the side effects are getting… fishy. 🧪🐟

Now Gumbo must survive:

•murderous treasure hunters
•corrupt museum conspiracies
•underwater smuggling operations
•senior citizen scuba commandos
•fake deaths and hidden identities
•pirate-themed chaos
•and at least one armed grandmother with a speargun.

From the quirky waterfronts of Cedar Key to secret underwater laboratories and collapsing storm-battered domes beneath the Gulf, BOOTY SHAKE delivers nonstop action, eccentric humor, colorful Florida characters, and cinematic Gulf Coast noir with a weird supernatural twist.

Perfect for fans of:
✔ Weird Florida mysteries
✔ Funny private investigator thrillers
✔ Gulf Coast noir
✔ Treasure hunt suspense
✔ Florida crime fiction
✔ Hardboiled detective comedy
✔ Coastal conspiracy thrillers
✔ Carl Hiaasen–style humor
✔ Elmore Leonard dialogue
✔ John D. MacDonald atmosphere
✔ Pirate treasure mysteries
✔ Action-packed beach noir

If you enjoy private eye novels packed with dark humor, colorful criminals, tropical chaos, bizarre conspiracies, and sun-soaked mystery suspense, then BOOTY SHAKE is your next addictive Florida crime read.

Because in Cedar Key, Florida…
even the retirees might be hiding pirate treasure. 🏴‍☠️🌊