Lethal Bodies
Houston Heat
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"What do you think of her ?Again in her in inimitable way she nailed it with,"She's a beauty, ...even in person .Not a hair outta place and very stylish.I don't know why she'd kill the old fella with a gun ,..when she has such a lethal body ." "River Oaks "is the serene name for where one time farmers and cowmen live in extremis .It's amazing what new teeth , shiny shoes ,and having God on your side can do for you .SuddenlyJim Bob became James Robert , the outhouse is in house, and they have more than one bar of soap. But then maybe I over indulge . Some still don't have any soap ." "My pipe went flying and I felt sharp pains in my sides as pointed boots with silver tips tried to punch holes in my body." "Lippy , are you doin okay ?You look in a sad state ."He had blood stains on his shirt and pants and looked as if he had aged a few years since we saw him last ." "I was down at the side of the bed hoping for no car lights , when a shadowy, slouched figure came thru the door .He didn't waste any time ,but unloaded with both barrels ."
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1930's. Depression was more than a mental problem .Nothing was guaranteed except more hard times .Life was a daily fight for survival . Too often it boiled over and ended badly . Then it fell to a P.I like Bass Holt to find out why . When a beautiful widow is on the hook for a dead ,older husband , he gets his first "big one " to solve . What seems to start as a routine "whodunit ", soon sees the bodies pile up and with his other cases , get him knee deep in problems he never would have imagined ! With humor , a cat named Thug, and the beautiful secretaryWanda , he takes on all that's thrown his way .Who could ask for more ?
About the Author
A teacher of 35 years and a member of "Who's Who" in education ,and a penchant for history all his life , has spurred his writing.A closet lover of mystery "B"movies , old radio ,writers such as Gene Fowler , James Thurber, Robert Benchley ,S.J. Perelman , and their peers , he has put his love of these and more into writing of a time still relevant and alive .His Bass Holt detective deals with the Depression 30's in Houston and the problems of the time . Racial situations , poverty, coming of WWII, and a world falling apart ,he uses his knowledge to factually present it in the context of his story .