Luke Angel has been a pilot all his life. He runs an airplane hangar and repair business out of an airfield in St. Petersburg, Florida. One day a friend and his plane go missing. He finds out when a police detective comes to his shop. Something does not add up in Luke’s mind, and he plays detective and vigilante at the same time.
Tropic Angel is a fast-paced thriller and very readable. Playing in Florida, and dealing with planes and bad hombres, the book reminded me of Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen. Van Coops is a good writer. I have read many of his books, particularly his time travel series, which he writes under the name Nathan Van Coops. Here is the list of Van Coops time travel books I have read:
| Author | Title | Genre | Category | Rating | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan Van Coops | Time of Death | Fiction | Time Travel | 2.5 | Jan 23, 2022 |
| Nathan Van Coops | Agent of Time | Fiction | Time Travel | 2 | Dec 13, 2020 |
| Nathan Van Coops | The Warp Clock | Fiction | Time Travel | 3 | Oct 9, 2018 |
| Nathan Van Coops | The Day after Never | Fiction | Time Travel | 2 | Jan 2, 2017 |
| Nathan Van Coops | The Chronothon | Fiction | Time Travel | 3 | Dec 3, 2016 |
| Nathan Van Coops | In Times Like These | Fiction | Time Travel | 3 | Oct 31, 2016 |
When I reviewed In Times Like These back in 2016, I said this:
The best time travel book of all time is Audrey Niffenegger’s The Time Traveler’s Wife. This book is the second best.
Tropic Angel is the first of a series of two books (so far). I am sure the second one will be just as readable as the first one. Van Coops books are pure entertainment and fun to read, but I am not interested enough in what happens next in Luke Angel’s life to read the next one.
