Kinky Friedman, the prodigal poet of country music, the novelist the Chicago Tribune called "a hip hybrid of Groucho Marx and Sam Spade, " the author/musician and all-around bad ol' boy who single-handedly aims to put the "pop" back into popular fiction, has written a tale of murder, mayhem, and mental hospital slippers that is guaranteed not only to please the legion of fans who love his music, but is sure to delight readers far and wide. If you want to meet great characters, ponder the mysteries of life (and death), and have an outrageously good time, then Elvis, Jesus & Coca-Cola is just what you need. When legendary tough guy/actor Tom Baker dies, Kinky Friedman, who knew Baker probably better than anyone, suspects foul play. Bolstering his suspicion is the fact that a documentary Baker had been making on Elvis impersonators has disappeared, along with the only person who has actually seen the film, Baker's assistant, Legs. In the course of searching for the missing Elvis movie, Kinky explores his own deep, dark past, namely his simultaneous affairs with two women named Judy - Uptown Judy and Downtown Judy, both vixens of a fairly high order (if fuzzy memory serves him right). Prompting this review of ancient history is the sudden reappearance of Downtown Judy ready to resume their relationship, and the sudden and mysterious disappearance of Uptown Judy. That these two plots come together, and that the Elvis film is found, is to be expected. Nothing else in this novel, however, deals with anything remotely expected. Friedman's voice is feisty, sassy, irreverent, blistering, provoking, enchanting, mesmerizing and incredibly entertaining. In fact, Elvis, Jesus & Coca-Cola is much morethan another Kinky Friedman mystery - itself a cause of joy - it is an entertainment of the highest order.

Elvis, Jesus and Coca-Cola

Kinky Friedman,Kinky Friedman

Literature & Fiction

Faber Faber Crime

After three years in the wilderness, hardboiled reporter Gerry Conway is back at his desk at the Glasgow Tribune. But three years is a long time on newspapers and things have changed - readers are dwindling, budgets are tightening, and the Trib's once rigorous standards are slipping. Once the paper's star reporter, Conway now plays second fiddle to his former protege, crime reporter Martin Moir. But when Moir goes AWOL as a big story breaks, Conway is dispatched to cover a gangland shooting. And when Moir's body turns up in a flooded quarry, Conway is drawn deeper into the city's criminal underworld as he looks for the truth about his colleague's death. Braving the hostility of gangsters, ambitious politicians and his own newspaper bosses, Conway discovers he still has what it takes to break a big story. But this is a story not everyone wants to hear as the city prepares to host the Commonwealth Games and the country gears up for a make-or-break referendum on independence. In this, the second book in the Conway Trilogy, McIlvanney explores the murky interface of crime and politics in the new Scotland.

Where the Dead Men Go

Liam McIlvahney

After three years in the wilderness, hardboiled reporter Gerry Conway is back at his desk at the Glasgow Tribune . But three years is a long time on newspapers and things have changed - readers are dwindling, budgets are tightening, and the Trib 's once rigorous standards are slipping. Once the paper's star reporter, Conway now plays second fiddle to his former protégé, crime reporter Martin Moir. But when Moir goes AWOL as a big story breaks, Conway is dispatched to cover a gangland shooting. And when Moir's body turns up in a flooded quarry, Conway is drawn deeper into the city's criminal underworld as he looks for the truth about his colleague's death. Braving the hostility of gangsters, ambitious politicians and his own newspaper bosses, Conway discovers he still has what it takes to break a big story. But this is a story not everyone wants to hear as the city prepares to host the Commonwealth Games and the country gears up for a make-or-break referendum on independence. In this, the second book in the Conway Trilogy, McIlvanney explores the murky interface of crime and politics in the new Scotland.

Liam McIlvanney

Genre Fiction

Eye of the Red Tsar (Inspector Pekkala)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Eastland, Sam

Mystery

Paperback. Pub Date :2012-09-06 Pages: 432 Language: English Publisher: Faber and Faber Crime Summer. 1936 The writer. Josephine Tey. joins her friends in the holiday village of Portmeirion to celebrate her fortieth birthday Alfred Hitchcock and.. his wife. Alma Reville. are there to sign a deal to film Josephines novel. A Shilling for Candles. and Hitchcock has one or two tricks up his sleeve to keep the holiday party entertained - and expose their deepest fears.But things get out of hand when one of Hollywoods leading actresses is brutally slashed to death in a cemetery near the village The following day. as fear and suspicion take over in a setting where nothing -. and no one - is quite what it seems. Chief Inspector Archie Penrose becomes increasingly unsatisfied with the way the investigation is ultimately resolved. Several years later. another horrific murder. again li...

Fear in the Sunlight (Josephine Tey)

Upson, Nicola

Inspector Zen has a problem: an impossible murder, recorded on the closed-circuit video of Oscar Burolo's top-security Sardinian fortress. As Zen gets to work, he is once again plunged into a menacing and violent world where his own life is soon at risk. A major TV drama series on BBC One starred Rufus Sewell as Zen.

Vendetta (Tv Tie-in)

DIBDIN, Michael

Contemporary

For fans of Borgen , The Killing and the Wallander series, a thrilling novel of murder and political scandal in Oslo. An elderly woman is found dead in a nursing home. Bjarne Brogeland, who heads up the investigation, soon realises that they are on the trail of a meticulous killer who has developed a keen taste for revenge. A killer who has only just begun... Trine Juul-Osmundsen, Norway's Secretary of State and Henning Juul's sister, is accused of sexually harassing a young male politician. As the allegations cause a media frenzy, Trine receives an anonymous threat telling her to resign. If she doesn't, the truth about what she really did that night will be revealed. Scarred reporter Henning Juul, finds himself torn between the two high profile cases. He wants to help his estranged sister, but as he digs into their past, he discovers memories that haunt them both. Memories of a broken home. Memories of a dead father. As the two cases collide, both their worlds threaten to fall apart. Scarred is the third novel in the acclaimed Henning Juul series, following Burned and Pierced, which was shortlisted for the 2013 Petrona Award.

Scarred

Enger, Thomas

Graveland

Glynn, Alan

Paperback. Pages: 384 Language: English Publisher: Faber &amp; Faber As Hitlers forces smash into Soviet territory. annihilating the Red Army divisions in its path. a lone German scout plane is forced down Contained within the briefcase of its passenger is the seemingly inconsequential. painting of a hyalophoria cecropia. otherwise known as a red moth.Military Intelligence dismisses the picture as insignificant. but in the state of emergency Stalin suspects a German plot He summons his old adversary. Inspector Pekkala -. the elusive Finn who was once Tsar Nicholas IIs personal detective - to discover the real significance of this strange wartime cargo.As the storm gathers around them. Pekkala. together with his assistant from the shadowy Bureau of Special Operations. soon find themselves on the path of the most formidable art thieves in history . Those real target is a secret an...

The Red Moth

The Red Moth (Inspector Pekkala)

Sam Eastland

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Elvis, Jesus and Coca-Cola

Where the Dead Men Go

Where the Dead Men Go

Eye of the Red Tsar (Inspector Pekkala)

Fear in the Sunlight (Josephine Tey)

Vendetta (Tv Tie-in)

Scarred

Graveland

The Red Moth

The Red Moth (Inspector Pekkala)