A purloined feline from a Madison Square Garden cat show is the tip-off to a trail of murders, South American drug lords and a gang war that only Kinky can unravel.
The corpse is found holding 11 pink roses. The suspects are as strange as the crime. And the detective just happens to be a country singer named Kinky Friedman in his wild, witty, and wisecracking debut novel.
One of the novels featuring foul-mouthed, wise-cracking Kinky Friedman, country singer turned private eye, who joins his old pal Willie Nelson on tour for a little much-needed R & R. But Willie, who has problems of his own, disappears from ...
Outrageous, audacious, and ingeniously crafted, The Prisoner of Vandam Street is vintage Kinky: irreverent, clever, and full of the hardened philosophy and mordant wit that has earned him a vast and devoted readership.
But it soon becomes apparent that the killer is almost certainly a former Texas Jewboy himself. It's an unpleasant task Kinky must undertake to unravel this incestuous mess, and he does it with his customary panache.
Friedman, private dick extraordinaire and peerless animal lover, is back again, juggling two cases as he attempts to find both an 11-year-old autistic boy and a three-legged cat named Lucky.
True to Kinky's form, and informed with truth, Meanwhile Back at the Ranch is a wild and woolly (and furry) ride from a true original, and entertainment at its most outrageous.
Kinky Friedman, the fast-talking, cigar-smoking reluctant hero-detective of Greenwich Killing Time is called in to find out who killed Larry Barkin in the legendary Lone Star Cafe.