A review by papi
Bone Deep by Randy Wayne White

3.0

I've only read a couple of other Doc Ford novels, but I have enjoyed them. While I enjoyed Bone Deep, it seemed more confusing, less tightly woven than the others. It also introduced a bit more of the mystical aspect for which his buddy Tomlinson has always been the comic foil, but at the end, tried to make it something more than just a slightly humorous sidelight. That didn't really work for me. Prehistoric artifacts, generational disputes, Native American mysticism (of a sort) are all mixed together in a bit of a frantic jumble, while Doc's normal marine biology and secretive past takes a back seat. I prefer the latter.