title: Triggerfish Twist: A Novel
author:  Tim Dorsey 
description: Conjuring up Carl Hiaasen and Elmore Leonard on crack, the fourth off-the-wall novel from Dorsey (Orange Crush) finds antihero Serge Storms a quixotic, socially conscious crook-cum-executioner undertaking to salvage his upscale Tampa neighborhood from encroaching undesirables. Milquetoast Jim Davenport, an unlikely corporate hatchet man at the Indiana office of Apollo Consulting, a company specializing in downsizing the executive suites of top-heavy corporations, is promoted and moves with his wife, Martha, and their three kids to 888 Triggerfish Lane in Tampa. Always a step ahead of the law, Serge moves in across the street with his drug-fiend lackeys, Coleman and Sharon. Then, like popcorn in a microwave, all manner of zany subplots go spinning off as Jim accidentally kills the youngest of the notorious McGraw Brothers, newly released from prison. Florida special agent Mahoney, who has a vendetta against Serge, is dispatched to Tampa to stop a murderous crime spree that reeks of the McGraw clan. Meanwhile, the E-Team a quartet of elderly women whose first names begin with "E" stalks elderly Ambrose Tarrington III, who pretends to be wealthy by test-driving fancy cars and photographing himself in front of a luxurious mansion. John Milton, an ill-starred substitute teacher desperately trying to find a job, meets his nemesis, Rocco Silvertone, during a stint as a used-car salesman. As the surviving McGraws close in on Jim, a July 4 barbecue brings the cast together for a madcap denouement that will please the growing numbers of the Dorsey faithful.
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  # Triggerfish Twist
  
  
  ### Tim Dorsey  
    
    
  
  
  ![publisher logo](images/logo.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  _For Henry and Linda Losey_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  It takes a village.
  
  
  — _Hillary Clinton_
  
  
  It takes a village idiot.
  
  
  — _Don Imus_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Table of Contents
  
  
  [Cover Page](001-coverpage.html)
  
  
  [Title Page](002-titlepage.html)
  
  
  [Dedication](003-dedication.html)
  
  
  [Epigraph](004-epigraph.html)
  
  
  [Prologue](006-prologue.html)
  
  
  [1](007-chapter1.html)
  
  
  [2](008-chapter2.html)
  
  
  [3](009-chapter3.html)
  
  
  [4](010-chapter4.html)
  
  
  [5](011-chapter5.html)
  
  
  [6](012-chapter6.html)
  
  
  [7](013-chapter7.html)
  
  
  [8](014-chapter8.html)
  
  
  [9](015-chapter9.html)
  
  
  [10](016-chapter10.html)
  
  
  [11](017-chapter11.html)
  
  
  [12](018-chapter12.html)
  
  
  [13](019-chapter13.html)
  
  
  [14](020-chapter14.html)
  
  
  [15](021-chapter15.html)
  
  
  [16](022-chapter16.html)
  
  
  [17](023-chapter17.html)
  
  
  [18](024-chapter18.html)
  
  
  [19](025-chapter19.html)
  
  
  [20](026-chapter20.html)
  
  
  [21](027-chapter