Crazy Love (Worldwide Mystery) [Mass Market Paperback]

Steve Brewer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 2003 | Series: Worldwide Mystery

How crazy with jealousy can one man be? Albuquerque private eye Bubba Mabry learns that jealousy can extend beyond the grave when a mild-mannered millionaire named Melvin Haywood hires him. Haywood's wife died six months earlier, revealing on her deathbed that she had been unfaithful. Haywood's tried to put it behind him, but he can't stop wondering: Who's been sleeping in my bed?

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Berwer's insights show grit and intelligence. -- Albuquerque Journal

He can write like Raymond Chandler when he chooses, and he puts humor into the story. -- Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Steve Brewer writes a clever, unusual mystery that is special because the author discerningly injects humor into the story line. -- Midwest Book Review

The plot of Crazy Love is clean and well-paced. -- New Mexico Magazine

With a flair for characterization, and for the ironies of commonplace life, [Brewer] keeps the reader hooked. -- The (Santa Fe) New Mexican --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author

Steve Brewer, the author of a dozen other crime novels, also writes a weekly humor column that appears in newspapers around the country. He's a member of the national board of directors of Mystery Writers of America. A long-time New Mexico resident, Brewer now lives in Redding, CA, with his wife and two sons. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Worldwide Library; Reprint edition (December 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373264771
• ISBN-13: 978-0373264773
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 4.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.5 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,333,878 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

STEVE BREWER is the author of 20-plus books about crooks, including the recent crime novels PARTY DOLL, 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 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].