Dead Dog Blues

Barrett Jr., Neal

ISBN 10: 0312109636 / ISBN 13: 9780312109639

Published by St. Martin's Press, New York, 1994

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Soft bump to spine bottom. FFEP has a ding to the bottom edge. DJ has a small closed tear near spine and 1/4" crinkle below bar code on back panel. Signed by Barrett on the title page. Seller Inventory # 000141

Bibliographic Details

Title: Dead Dog Blues

Publisher: St. Martin's Press, New York

Publication Date: 1994

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First Edition

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Synopsis:

Nothing ever happens in Pharaoh, Texas....
Drunks and missing auto parts headline the local crime wave until a barking dead dog shows up in millionaire Max Coomer's backyard. Then Coomer himself is discovered frosty cold and very dead, running for fame and glory forever down the gridiron at Pharaoh High.
That's just the beginning of the mayhem that erupts in a sleepy Texas town - and the start of temporary constable Jack Track's nightmarish pursuit of a maniac who doesn't like anyone in Pharaoh, Texas.
There are enough bizarre characters in Dead Dog Blues to convince any reader to steer clear of small towns. There's Jack's best friend, Earl Murphy, a black man who made a fortune on Wall Street and sleeps in his white Aston-Martin Lagonda by Jack's creek. There's George, the catfish mogul, and cheery funeral director Eddie Trost - plus an ever-growing cast of the local missing and dead.
Jack is content with lovely Cecily Benet, the frozen-yogurt queen, until Max Coomer's widow, Millie Jean, decides to fan the flames of her high-school romance with Jack - an affair that turns into double trouble when Millie's jailbait daughter, Smoothy, takes a run at Jack herself.
Author Neal Barrett, Jr., showed us he knows how to stir up an exciting blend of humor and suspense in his first mystery, Pink Vodka Blues (SMP, 1992). With Dead Dog Blues, he takes his place as one of the most talented writers in the field.

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