From the author of Kirbys Last Circus, which kept Ross H. Spencers critics and fans alternately biting their nails and falling out of their chairs, comes his most ambitious, spine-tingling, and hilarious novel to date.Start with a bleary-eyed, somewhat dubious, almost always shifty private eye named Tuthill Willow, add in a bibulous nun named Sister Rosetta whose favorite watering spot is Raponis Old Naples Spaghetti House, where she knocks back shots of vintage whiskey, toss in a bouncer named Florence Gambrello who has the reflexes of a young mongoose, mix with a missing niece of Sister Rosettas named Gladys Hornsby, stir in a couple of corpses to taste, and enter the wild, wild world of Ross H. Spencer.
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From Publishers Weekly
Full of lascivious, compliant women, ribald comedy, high spirits and a tendency to push vulgarity to its limits, this book could have played well at Minsky's. A raid on the author's mind might uncover an intention to burlesque the mystery form itselfone explanation for the amount of high-caliber wit that has been lavished on a mediocre story line. Chicago detective Tut Willow is hired by Sister Rosetta, an aging lush in nun's clothing, to locate her niece, Gladys Hornsby, a beautiful model. Since Gladys was once a prime romance in Tut's life, he is eager to comply. Once found, Gladys confesses that she is now the mistress of a rich voyeur, who may toss her out if certain pornographic photos she once posed for come to light. She asks Tut to find the pictures, which may be in the hands of a blackmailer. While he's searching, a number of dead bodies start to accumulateall of whom were key figures in Glady's checkered past. Have they been murdered by Sister Rosetta, out to avenge the wrongs done her niece, or are she and Tut merely pawns in a deadly game? Though most readers will guess the outcome well before Tut, the humorous story by the author of Kirby's Last Circus will keep them happily engaged.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
About the Author
Ross H. Spencer was born in Hughart, West Virginia and raised in Youngstown, Ohio. During World War II, he served with the 37th Infantry Division on New Georgia, on Bougainville, and in the Philippines. Following the war, he moved to Chicago to be near the Chicago Cubs, the ball club of his choice since 1932. He served again, this time with the Air Force during the Korean Emergency or whatever it was.Ross H. Spencer was the father of three wonderful daughters and the proud husband of Shirley, the most beautiful lady on earth. In 1987, he returned to Youngstown, Ohio, where he spent the remaining 11 years of his life.
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