Shaky Ground (The Bubba Mabry mysteries Book 4)

Shaky Ground (The Bubba Mabry mysteries Book 4)

SITTING DUCK
His client list is at zero, so Albuquerque private eye Bubba Mabry is all ears when a lovely young woman asks him to locate her missing husband. Biology professor David Field was last seen heading for the desert on a research trip. And that's where Mabry finds his bullet-riddled body. Now, with a paying job to find the killer, Mabry wastes no time getting himself into a heck of a mess.

Never mind his nuptials to the fiery Felicia Quattlebaum, a tabloid reporter, are a week away; Bubba's ham-handed investigation threatens to make him a corpse before he's a groom. Once again, he's managed to antagonize the wrong people, including a reclusive land developer in the witness protection program, some nasty mafia goons and a mystery man who's about to score a million bucks -- as soon as he gets Bubba out of the way. All in all, not a bad way to beat the wedding jitters.

From Booklist
Bubba Mabry, an underemployed Albuquerque private eye, hates flying. But when Amber Fields, a paying client, wants to find her missing husband, biology professor Harry, Mabry takes a gut-wrenching helicopter ride over remote desert, where he finds the professor's body. He then signs on with Amber to find the killer, who may have some connection with a reclusive real-estate developer--part Howard Hughes, part Don Corleone--also under investigation by reporter Felicia Quattlebaum, Bubba's fiancee. In a clever variation on the sleuthing-couple theme, Bubba and Felicia go Nick and Nora Charles one better by each solving the case--through different means. Bubba interviews the principals and tangles with mobsters, while Felicia analyzes real-estate deals. Brewer's characters are appealing and amusing, and he vividly captures the feel of Albuquerque's neighborhoods and the desert. His book also has unsettling insights about development, corruption, and environmental politics. A promising series.
Country USA
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2011-03-05
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2011-03-05
Format	Kindle eBook

Shaky Ground (The Bubba Mabry mysteries Book 4)

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