Fever Beach: A Novel

Fever Beach is set in a Florida town where the sun blazes, politics are unhinged, and characters are as volatile as a summer storm. Dale Figgo is a half-baked crusader who was kicked out of the Proud Boys for being too dumb. While running an errand on a rainy afternoon, he picks up a hitchhiker—a decision that sets off a chain reaction. That hitchhiker is Viva Morales, a clever and resilient woman rebuilding her life after divorce. She rents a room in Figgo's apartment and works at the Mink Foundation, a philanthropic organization with something far darker beneath the surface. Also circling their world is Twilly Spree, a hotheaded environmentalist with substantial wealth and a talent for elaborate revenge. When dark money and twisted motives bring their worlds together, Viva and Twilly become unlikely allies. They uncover a tangle of corruption and conspiracy involving a plastic-surgery-loving billionaire couple and a congressman with delusions of grandeur. The novel presents a chaotic portrait of contemporary madness through interconnected characters and escalating mayhem.