True Crime Book Club
Wed, Feb 18
|TCH Reynolds Twp. Library
Time & Location
Feb 18, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
TCH Reynolds Twp. Library, 117 W Williams St, Howard City, MI 49329, USA
About the Event
Join us for a True Crime Book Discussion on Wednesday, Feb. 18 from 1 to 2 p.m. in the Reading Room in the Timothy C. Hauenstein Reynolds Township Library. The February book selection is Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades by Rebecca Renner. Copies are available for checkout.
Book Summary
To catch a Florida Man, you have to become one, and that’s what Officer Jeff Babauta did. As his ponytailed, whiskey-soaked alter ego, he established Sunshine Alligator Farm. His goal? Infiltrate the shady world of illegal poachers in the Florida Everglades in order to protect the natural world.
A head-spinning adventure soon unfolds. Jeff deals with glow-in-the-dark alligators and high-speed airboat rides, but quickly learns that not all poachers are villains. They’re simply people trying to survive, fighting against the poverty and greed holding them down. Jeff wants to solve the mystery of alligator poachers, and in doing so…