Elmo “Slick” Gurken has a
job so private investigator Bubba Mabry had to go over to the Pink Pony
Gentlemen's Club. Every city has that kind of joint that is always in the news
thanks to zoning battles and crime reports. For Albuquerque, New Mexico, the
Pink Pony is that kind of place. Considering the bouncers made him pay the ten
dollar cover charge to get in the building the job had better be a good one.
The natural redhead and top
performer “Joy Forever” is missing and Slick wants her found. He has a lot
invested in her in connection to the club. He also holds a loan he made her in
the amount of ten thousand dollars and wants that repaid. Slick figures that
the police won't bother looking for her because of her occupation and he is
probably right about that. He has the cash to find “Joy Forever” who goes by
the name Trudy Moore in the real world. He also has a few contacts for Bubba to
start with in search of a dancer that has been already been missing a week.
Bubba takes the case and
before long he is spending his November days trying to figure out what happens
that turns out to be far harder than one would expect. Set in Albuquerque, New
Mexico and featuring a for the most part happily married investigator, Party
Doll is a well done novella from start to finish. Multiple storylines
with plenty of interesting characters, occasional flashes of humor, and lots of
twists make the enjoyable read interesting and fast moving. The solidly good
read is a refreshing change from the usual alcoholic and/or depressed private
investigators cynically going about their duties.
Party Doll
Steve Brewer
Self-Published
February
2012
ASIN: B0075ANROE
E-Book
119
Pages (estimated)
$1.99
Author
supplied a PDF for my use in an objective review a very long time ago.
Kevin
R. Tipple ©2014
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