A Case of Lone Star Kinky Friedman Novels Friedman, Kinky

Product DescriptionKinky, the reluctant detective, must solve the murder of Larry Barkin, a top country music star at the legendary Lone Star Cafe in New York CityFrom Publishers WeeklySemiretired country music star, amateur sleuth Kinky Friedman is the star of his own show in this followup to Greenwich Killing Time The Lone Star Cafe, on the edge of Greenwich Village, is East Coast mecca for countryandwestern musicians and fans Although business improves after three wellknown stars are killed, management experiences some difficulty booking new acts Asked by both the owner and club manager to step in, Kinky focuses on a letter containing Hank Williams lyrics, which each victim received before his final appearance Harddrinking, cigarsmoking Kinky comes up with a list of suspects, including a cocainedealing lawyer, the author of a justpublished Williams biography and a luscious blond photographer from England But to get his man in the end, Kinky must carefully examine Hank Williamss last sad tour and then get back on stage himself Though a little thin on plot, with a photographic red herring that wont fool those who know what numbers look like printed backwards, the second Kinky Friedman mystery offers insider dope on country music and the Lone Star and is filled with roughedged, somehow agreeable Village atmosphereCopyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc ISBN10: 0688064108 ISBN13: 9780688064105Material Type: hardcover