Serge Storms Books in Order
Part ofTim Dorsey Books in OrderSee all the Serge Storms books by Tim Dorsey in order, with summaries, series background, and guidance on the best place to start reading.
Last updated: December 21, 2025
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Publication Order
27 books
The Maltese Iguana
by Tim Dorsey
2023
After riding out pandemic lockdown in a Keys condo, Serge and Coleman celebrate reopening with weekly road‑trip parties. When an honest Honduran cop fleeing a botched CIA op lands in their path, Serge’s tourist bus turns into rolling protection detail and moving target.
Mermaid Confidential
by Tim Dorsey
2022
Tired of constant motion, Serge and Coleman settle into Pelican Bay, a Keys condo complex where retirees clash with investors renting to rowdy vacationers. As condo wars escalate and drug cartels battle nearby, Serge becomes the community’s favorite enforcer and unofficial property manager.
Tropic of Stupid
by Tim Dorsey
2021
Curious about his own roots, Serge mails off a DNA test and hits Florida’s state parks to meet far‑flung relatives. As he and Coleman road‑trip between campgrounds, they realize a long‑uncaught serial killer may be part of the family tree—and already leaving bodies behind.
Naked Came the Florida Man
by Tim Dorsey
2020
On a cemetery tour of Florida, Serge and Coleman visit famous and forgotten graves, from dolphins to hurricane victims. A long‑ago sugar‑field tragedy, a bullied kid chasing football dreams, and a ruthless treasure hunter slowly intersect with Serge’s latest streak of vigilante justice.
No Sunscreen for the Dead
by Tim Dorsey
2019
Checking out a giant retirement community, Serge and Coleman fall for its gossip, golf carts, and themed dances—until they spot investors fleecing elderly residents. Their vacation becomes a Robin Hood‑style mission to claw back stolen savings, even as detectives close in.
The Pope of Palm Beach
by Tim Dorsey
2018
A literary road trip north from Key West takes Serge back to his hometown of Riviera Beach and the legends of his youth: a beloved surfer called the Pope and a mysterious river hermit. Digging into old stories, he stirs up buried crimes and new enemies.
Clownfish Blues
by Tim Dorsey
2017
Inspired by classic TV show *Route 66*, Serge and Coleman roam Florida in a vintage Corvette, working odd jobs and staging their own “episodes.” When they uncover a scheme to rig the state lottery, their cross‑state road trip turns into a crusade against jackpot cheats.
Coconut Cowboy
by Tim Dorsey
2016
Channeling his love of *Easy Rider*, Serge trades the car for a motorcycle and heads through the Florida Panhandle to “finish the ride” and find the real American dream. Small‑town corruption, speed‑trap sheriffs, and a crooked clan in Wobbly, Florida, guarantee detours.
Shark Skin Suite
by Tim Dorsey
2015
Binge‑watching Florida courtroom movies convinces Serge he was born to practice law. He reinvents himself as a freelance legal fixer, swooping in to help foreclosure lawyer Brook Campanella battle predatory banks while he metes out inventive punishments to white‑collar sharks.
Tiger Shrimp Tango
by Tim Dorsey
2014
Outraged by online scams that leave real victims behind, Serge launches a crusade to wipe out digital con artists across Florida. While he, Coleman, and private eye Mahoney chase fraudsters and hunt for a missing woman, a professional assassin from Serge’s past closes in.
Tropical Warning
by Tim Dorsey
2013
This collection gathers an original Serge Storms short story with travel pieces and assorted extras from Dorsey’s world, offering a quick hit of his Florida obsessions, side characters, and behind‑the‑scenes commentary between the main novels.
The Riptide Ultra-Glide
by Tim Dorsey
2013
Newly laid‑off Midwestern couple Patrick and Barbara come to Florida for a cheap escape and instead get bad motels, robbery, and useless cops. Stranded, they’re “rescued” by Serge and Coleman, who turn their ruined vacation into a high‑risk, reality‑show‑style tour of the state.
Pineapple Grenade
by Tim Dorsey
2012
Deciding his talents are wasted on small‑time justice, Serge appoints himself a spy in Miami, pitching his services to a tiny banana republic. Soon he’s stalking diplomats, tangling with rival CIA factions, and weaponizing his homemade superhero costume against anyone exploiting the chaos.
When Elves Attack
by Tim Dorsey
2011
Serge heads back to Triggerfish Lane determined to have a traditional Florida Christmas like his old friend Jim Davenport. With Coleman, City, and Country in tow, he decorates big, dresses as an elf, and still finds time to settle scores with seasonal wrongdoers.
Electric Barracuda
by Tim Dorsey
2011
On the run, Serge turns fleeing the law into a themed vacation package called the “tourist fugitive.” As he drags Coleman and paying guests through historic hideouts, a relentless task force, a crooked lawyer, and rumors of Al Capone’s treasure make the chase increasingly lethal.
Gator A-Go-Go
by Tim Dorsey
2010
Spring break becomes a mission when Serge decides to protect an innocent college kid targeted by drug dealers and federal agents. From Fort Lauderdale to Daytona and Panama City Beach, he films debauchery, punishes predators, and lets Coleman play guru to the partying masses.
Nuclear Jellyfish
by Tim Dorsey
2009
Road‑tripping across Florida in search of Lynyrd Skynyrd landmarks, Serge and Coleman stumble onto a brutal diamond‑heist crew led by a thug nicknamed the Jellyfish. Between coin conventions, tattoo shops, and tourist traps, Serge turns his twisted sense of justice on the gang.
Atomic Lobster
by Tim Dorsey
2008
A chance encounter reunites Serge and Coleman with suburban couple Jim and Martha Davenport—and adds Rachael, a troubled stripper who reminds them of someone they lost. House‑sitting gigs, art pilgrimages, and support‑group invasions spiral into a violent clash with dangerous neighbors.
Hurricane Punch
by Tim Dorsey
2007
As one hurricane after another slams Florida, Serge follows each storm’s path like a sports fan chasing playoffs, leaving inventive corpses in his wake. A copycat calling himself the Eye of the Storm and an obsessed agent convinced Serge has split in two up the pressure.
The Big Bamboo
by Tim Dorsey
2006
Obsessed with how Florida looks on film, Serge chases movie locations from his home state to Hollywood, determined to fix every cinematic sin. A dying grandfather, a botched kidnapping, Yakuza investors, and scheming studio bosses pull him into a deadly behind‑the‑scenes farce.
Torpedo Juice
by Tim Dorsey
2005
In the Florida Keys, Serge decides it’s time to reinvent himself as a married man. While he searches for the perfect bride, a meek librarian with a lethal secret, a crooked developer, and a bar full of locals collide in an increasingly dangerous island fantasy.
Cadillac Beach
by Tim Dorsey
2004
After escaping a state mental hospital, Serge heads to Miami Beach to unravel his grandfather’s mysterious 1960s death and a vanished stash of jewels. His obsession turns into a demented nostalgia tour, tangling tourists, gangsters, and the FBI in a retro‑soaked crime spree.
The Stingray Shuffle
by Tim Dorsey
2003
A bugged suitcase holding $5 million boards a New York–to–Miami tourist train along with Serge, Coleman, mobsters, a failing author’s book tour, and a Miami book club of single moms. The madcap chase barrels south toward a spectacular derailment and an unexpected new owner.
Triggerfish Twist
by Tim Dorsey
2002
Nice‑guy Midwesterner Jim Davenport moves his family to sunny Triggerfish Lane, only to find their new neighbors are criminals, hustlers, and, eventually, Serge Storms himself. As vengeful thugs close in, suburban barbecues give way to hostage situations and fireworks‑laden showdowns.
Orange Crush
by Tim Dorsey
2001
Spoiled Florida lieutenant governor Marlon Conrad stumbles into the governor’s office, ships out to a war zone, and returns a changed man. Swapping motorcades for a battered orange RV, he tries to run an honest campaign in a system built for corruption.
Hammerhead Ranch Motel
by Tim Dorsey
2000
Still hunting the missing $5 million, Serge Storms follows the money trail to a decaying Gulf Coast motel where crooks, tourists, car thieves, and a looming hurricane all converge. Double crosses, briefcase swaps, and storm‑driven chaos keep the cash—and bodies—on the move.
Florida Roadkill
by Tim Dorsey
1999
In 1990s Florida, hyperactive criminal Serge Storms teams up with stripper Sharon and burnout Coleman to steal a $5 million insurance payout. Their scheme collides with vacationing friends, drug dealers, and retirees as the elusive cash crisscrosses the state in a chaotic road trip.
Series background & context
The Serge Storms books follow a single, unforgettable guide to Florida: a hyperactive, mentally unstable trivia addict who also happens to be a vigilante serial killer. Serge A. Storms loves his home state with a devotion that borders on religious, and he’s determined to protect it from scammers, bullies, and anyone who treats Florida like a disposable playground. His methods are creative, bloody, and usually very funny.
Most of the novels pair Serge with Coleman, his blissed‑out best friend who is rarely sober and happily coasts along for the ride. Serge is all caffeine and compulsion; Coleman is all beer, weed, and half‑formed thoughts. Together they crisscross the state in beat‑up cars and classic convertibles, chasing obscure historical markers, old motels, forgotten theme parks, and the next injustice that needs correcting.
Each book drops the duo into a fresh mess: a missing briefcase stuffed with cash, sleazy political campaigns, Hollywood hustlers, retirement‑village grifters, spring break gone feral, crooked banks, phony lottery schemes, even rogue intelligence games. Plotlines spool out like a road map, with Serge bouncing between beach towns, tiny inland communities, the Keys, and the Panhandle as storms, drug gangs, or bad luck close in.
The tone is dark but oddly warm. People die in outlandish ways, yet the books are as much travelogue and social satire as crime fiction. Dorsey leans hard into Florida’s real history—hurricanes, boom‑and‑bust development, obscure battles, space launches, Civil Rights landmarks—and uses Serge’s monologues to turn that history into running commentary. Regulars like long‑suffering agent Mahoney, suburban couple Jim and Martha Davenport, lottery‑cursed Johnny Vegas, and various bartenders, strippers, and retirees weave in and out of different novels, giving the series a loose, lived‑in continuity.
Underneath the mayhem there’s a clear moral line. Serge reserves his worst punishments for people who prey on the vulnerable: con artists targeting seniors, corrupt CEOs jacking up drug prices, abusive bosses, dirty cops, or drunk drivers who never face consequences. Good‑hearted oddballs, on the other hand, usually get rescued, rewarded, or at least entertained.
You don’t have to read the books in strict order. Early entries revolve around a missing suitcase of drug money, while later stories branch into politics, Hollywood, retirement villages, family history, and even pandemic‑era Florida. But they all share the same rhythm: fast cuts between subplots, running gags that reward longtime readers, and a steady stream of Florida lore.
If you pick up a Serge Storms novel, expect a high‑speed tour of the Sunshine State’s strangest corners, a lot of jokes, and a main character who treats history lessons and homicide with the same manic enthusiasm. Whether you start with Florida Roadkill, jump in with a mid‑series road trip like The Riptide Ultra-Glide, or sample a later book like The Pope of Palm Beach, you’ll be dropped into a world where Florida’s weirdness is a feature, not a bug.
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