Retired cop Mack Durgin used to bust perpetrators in Massachusetts, but now he’s widowed and living in Arizona. When a FedEx driver drops off an urn filled with his friend’s ashes at his front door, Mack reluctantly knows he must fulfill George Ashe’s final wish: to have his remains spread over the Grand Canyon. But Mack has no clue what lies hidden within the urn besides his friend’s ashes. On his journey through the desert, Mack meets the entrancing Calliope Vrattos, a former waitress in a bar that holds Elvis impersonation contests. Diet Cola is an ex-con who loves greasy food, but more than anything else, he desperately wants what he hid in the urn. Cola hooks up with a pair of loony housebreakers, a bald Elvis impersonator, and a dopehead with an outline of his brain tattooed on his skull. With a bit of luck and a lot of junk food, they trace Mack to the little town of Pincushion, Arizona. George Ashe may not be alive, but his remains are having the adventure of a lifetime. As Mack encounters one crazed character after another in his quest to fulfill his friend’s last wish, he realizes that life is a gamble and that pigs really do fly.
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Bob Sanchez recently retired in Las Cruces, New Mexico, after working in New England as a senior technical writer, producing countless manuals and bulletins. Now he writes fiction and explores the desert with his wife. His published work includes short stories, book reviews, and magazine articles.
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Bob Sanchez was born in New Orleans, grew up and worked in Massachusetts, and lives with his wife and two cats in New Mexico. Bob has published three novels: When Pigs Fly, Getting Lucky, and Little Mountain. He actively participates in several writers' groups, edits nonfiction reviews for The Internet Review of Books, and maintains or contributes to several blogs.
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30 of 31 people found the following review helpful
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Imagine my surprise when a book about a retired cop showed up under my tree -- me a devout "cozy" reader. At first I was skeptical --"Oh no, not another hard boiled cop story", but it was fun and funny. I laughed out loud at Ace and Frosty, and even sort of fell for Mac, that not-so-hard boiled retired cop. And when the Pig flew...! Hope a sequel is in the works -- this is one cop I want to see again.
19 of 22 people found the following review helpful
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...pigs can fly. And that's only the beginning! I believe that Diet Cola could kill a guy with one squeeze of the [...]-cheeks, that a fool named Zippy would think it an honor to tattoo his brain on his scalp (too bad that's the only place it appears within 20 feet of the guy's body), that an elderly couple named Carrick and Brodie could love each other more than even a hundred million dollars, and that Ace and Frosty are the dumbest crooks this side of Lowell, Massachusetts. I also believe I'd marry Mack Durgin if I wasn't already happily married and he wasn't in a (chaste) twosome with his dead wife and his maybe-someday girlfriend Calliope Vrattos.
Most of all, I believe that you will bust your ribs laughing and only ask for more. Sequel, please, and fast! (When Cows Jump Over the Moon, perhaps?)
Most of all, I believe that you will bust your ribs laughing and only ask for more. Sequel, please, and fast! (When Cows Jump Over the Moon, perhaps?)
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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Bob Sanchez has created a very humorous tale of mis-adventure, sparkling with unique and believeable characters. I didn't want to come to the end of the book but I was finished all too soon. It is packed with plot twists,humor and a picture of the great Southwest which beckoned me to go for a visit. I recommend this book highly. George Bibler
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Too funny
The blurb for this book had me hooked from the beginning. I simply had to read more so I went against my usual cheapness and bought it. Read more
Published 7 days ago by heitz77
More please
Why or why hasn't this book been made into a movie? I enjoyed every minute of this hilarious tale! Move over Babe..Poindexter should be the next big porcine star!
Published 22 days ago by Mary C. LeClerc
A Hilarious Romp!
WHEN PIGS FLY had me snorting with laughter! All ex-detective Mack Durgin wants is to give his former partner George a dignified ending by spreading his ashes over the Grand... Read more
Published 25 days ago by GAE-LYNN WOODS
when pigs fly
wasn't expecting too much from this book because of the price but thoroughly enjoyed it. would make a great comic movie.
Published 1 month ago by padraiga
Review for When Pigs Fly by Stephen Tremp
When Pigs Fly is a fast-paced, character-driven book. The antagonist, not-so-hard-boiled Mack Durgin, is a retired Massachusetts cop who just wants to spread his best friend's... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Stephen Tremp
When Pigs Fly
I read to relax and not have to think too much so at first I found this book a bit confusing due to the author jumping back and forth between different characters which was a... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Darlene
So disappointing
What started off to be a reasonably interesting story with lots of quirky characters, ended up boring me so much that I stopped reading. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Bun
Reviewed for Midwest Book Review
Dietrich Kohl, who calls himself Diet Cola, thinks he has the winning ticket for the lottery, but he's scheduled to go into the pen for the next little while so breaks into the... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Christy Tillery French
Entertaining
An entertaining book that will make you grin and even evoke a chuckle now and then. Without giving anything away.........all's well that ends well.
Published 2 months ago by flowerannie
when pigs fly
This was an easy read and had some laughs. The description of how the author characterized the players may not be for everyone but for most you may find it humerus.
Published 2 months ago by doghead
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Bob Sanchez, Mack Durgin, Dieter Kohl, Elvis Hornacre, George Ashe, Grand Canyon, Cal Vrattos, Burger King, Mister Cola, Officer Durgin, Mister Truth, Mister Durgin, Diet Coke, Calliope Vrattos, New England, Sally Windflower, Juanita Lopez, Tohono O'odham, Carrick Durgin, The Snake, Jack Daniel, Reverend Hal, New Hampshire, South Rim, Reverend Lawton Browse Sample Pages:
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Bob Sanchez, Mack Durgin, Dieter Kohl, Elvis Hornacre, George Ashe, Grand Canyon, Cal Vrattos, Burger King, Mister Cola, Officer Durgin, Mister Truth, Mister Durgin, Diet Coke, Calliope Vrattos, New England, Sally Windflower, Juanita Lopez, Tohono O'odham, Carrick Durgin, The Snake, Jack Daniel, Reverend Hal, New Hampshire, South Rim, Reverend Lawton Browse Sample Pages:
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