(This article is about the novel by Carl Hiaasen. For the erotic dance, see Striptease. For the film based on the novel, see Striptease (film).) Strip Tease is a 1993 novel by Carl Hiaasen. Like most of his other novels, it is a crime novel set in Florida and features Hiaasen's characteristic black humor. The novel focuses on a single mother who has turned to exotic dancing to earn enough money to gain legal custody of her young daughter, and ends up matching wits with a lecherous United States Congressman and his powerful corporate backers. Strip Tease was a New York Times bestseller in 1993.