Baby Face: Baby Face [Paperback]

Brewer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 1995

Struggling with a lack of funds and a case involving kewpie dolls, Albuquerque P.I. Bubba Mabry is hired by local pimp Sultan Sweeney, whose teenage prostitutes have been the target of a serial killer.

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About the Author

Steve Brewer is the author of nine other crime novels. His weekly newspaper column, The Home Front, is distributed nationally by Scripps Howard News Service. He lives in Redding, CA, with his wife and two sons. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Pocket (June 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671747355
• ISBN-13: 978-0671747350
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,551,305 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

STEVE BREWER is the author of more than 20 books about crooks, including the recent crime novels LOST VEGAS, THE BIG WINK and CALABAMA.

His first novel, LONELY STREET, was made into a Hollywood comedy starring Robert Patrick, Jay Mohr and Joe Mantegna. BOOST currently is under film/TV option.

Brewer's short fiction appeared in the anthologies DAMN NEAR DEAD, THE LAST NOEL, CRIMES BY MOONLIGHT and WEST COAST CRIME WAVE, and he's published articles in Mystery Scene, Crimespree and Mystery Readers' Journal.

A former journalist and syndicated humor columnist, Brewer now works as a writing coach, book doctor and University of New Mexico lecturer. A frequent speaker at mystery conventions, he was toastmaster at Left Coast Crime in 2011.

Married and the father of two adult sons, Brewer lives in Albuquerque, NM.

More at www.stevebrewer.blogspot.com. Write him at [e-mail].

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderfully OTT with a touching side, July 27, 2011

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D. Moore (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Baby Face (The Bubba Mabry series) (Kindle Edition)

Things are looking up for down-at-heel private eye Bubba Mabry. For once in his life he has two cases - unfortunately, he doesn't want to admit to anyone that he's working on either of them. He's not quite sure which is most embarrassing - the hunt for a stolen kewpie doll collection belonging to a City Councilwoman, or the fact that his second employer is a pimp. Sultan Sweeny's stable of girls are being targeted by a killer, and that's not good for business. However, a case is a case, and when you have a reputation as the private eye who met Elvis after his death, well, clients aren't exactly queuing up to hire you. On top of everything else, life is a constant battle with his journalist girlfriend Felicia about his insistence on living amidst the hookers, lowlifes and transients of Albuquerque's seamier side. Add to the mix a nutty selection of religious maniacs and politicians determined to clean up Central Avenue, stir well, and expect laughs.

This book is a wonderfully over the top tale of murder and mischief - with some unforgettable characters, warmth and wit. The characters and situations may seem unbelievable but, somehow, Steve Brewer manages to make it all ring true. And, despite the humour and the bizarre characters, it's also serious and touching. Bubba cares about the murder victims - prostitutes who no-one else seems to be bothered about except to use for their own purposes. His seeming lack of success and everyone else's view of his bumbling ineptness disguises the fact that he's acually pretty good at what he does. This is a humourous mystery series with an edge.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Bubba Mabry, part 2, June 21, 2006

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R. Howell "boriskhan" (Medford, OR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Baby Face: A Bubba Mabry P.I. Mystery (Bubba Mabry Mysteries) (Paperback)

This is book 2 in the Bubba Mabry crime novels. Having read three of them, this is the lesser of them. I enjoyed Lonely Street and Witchy Woman but not this one. Set in Albequerque, Mabry is a lackluster detective that is more human than other crime novel 'heroes' however he begins to border on the pathetic with no self-esteem. Dealing with the aftermath of his Elvis is Alive book fiasco (see Lonely Street), Bubba is trying to solve the murders of some prostitutes all belonging to the same pimp (who is the one that hired Bubba). He has conflicts with the political rally of Councilman Dudley and his evanglist Rev. Jericho along with being harassed by two over testosteroned cops. It's a weak story and anticlimactic but still readable for the series.