Lonely Street: A Bubba Mabry P.I. Mystery (First in the Bubba Mabry P.I. Mystery Series) (Mass Market Paperback)

by Steve Brewer (Author) "Limelight has always settled heavily on my family's shoulders..." (more)
Key Phrases: import company, Felicia Quattlebaum, Bambi Gamble, Elvis Presley (more...)

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal
This work introduces Bubba Mabry into the legion of fictional hard-boiled detectives, and Bubba's client is no less than the King himself. It seems that a hard-working but seriously overweight tabloid journalist spots a convincing Elvis look-alike in New Mexico. On closer examination, it turns out to be the genuine article, and Elvis becomes worried that he could be exposed, so he hires Bubba for some surveillance work at the astonishing rate of $30 an hour. A couple of corpses later, Bubba is a murder suspect, Elvis has left the building, and journalists are circling overhead like vultures. Narrator Gene Engene does an absolutely terrific job of conveying the humor and frantic pace of this comic crime novel. He does a wonderful imitation of Elvis, but he is even better with the more outrageous characters. To the folks at Books in Motion, I can only say...thank you, thank you very much. A priority purchase.ARay Vignovich, West Des Moines P.L., IA
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Review
"A murder mystery filled with Albuquerque color . . . and offbeat characters anyone will enjoy." -- Albuquerque Journal

"Steve Brewer gives a fast-paced and witty look at how it might be if America's No. 1 celebrity really was alive. A wonderful new entry in the Private Eye field." -- Tony Hillerman

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Intrigue Press (October 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1890768197
• ISBN-13: 978-1890768195
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,168,707 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious bloody fantasy/mystery, April 4, 2000

By	Andrea Egger, author of Grave Accusations (Gallup, NM USA) - See all my reviews

I'm not sure anyone would want to emulate private eye Bubba Mabry's investigative style, but journalist Steve Brewer takes a delightful look at Albuquerque, New Mexico's beauty and dark side in this thriller. Brewer throws in a bit of the unrealistic by bringing Elvis Presley back to life -- although he shows readers a pretty good depiction of what the King would be like were he still alive. Several murders add enough blood for the morbid-at-heart, and the language makes up for a somewhat shaky plot. The characters, other than Elvis, are pretty ordinary -- the tired private eye looking for some dough, tabloid reporters out for the story of the century, a curvaceous Marilyn Monroe-type blonde who will either sleep with a man -- or threaten to shoot him -- in order to get information, and a couple of hulky thugs. But the combination of all the elements makes for a fast-read full of laughs, even in the face of horrible death.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Reader Makes the Book Come Alive, December 12, 2006

By	Dainy Masic (Hixson, TN United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Lonely Street (Audio Cassette)

I enjoy listening to audio books when I am in my car or when I am doing chores at home. I especially enjoy them when I am sewing. I am very critical of the readers and many times I will take a book back to the library based on the fact that I do not like listening to a certain reader. Gene Eugene, who is Bubba Mabry in this story, has a very cool Southern drawl and exceptional timing that makes him come alive as Bubba Mabry. Mr. Brewer gives him a wealth of hilarious one liners to make it very humorous. I really think this book would make a great movie, based on the easy going layed back character of Bubba. Finding an actor to play Bubba as well as Mr Eugene plays him would be the catch.