The Hearse Case Scenario
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| Author(s) | Tim Cockey |
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| Subtitle | A Hitchcock Sewell Mysteries |
| Publisher | Hyperion |
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| Cockey’s new novel finds Hitch up to his ears in murders, and the latest clues point to a Baltimore nightclub. Following his nose, Hitch uncovers a host of nefarious goings-on as well as some downright strange characters, including a felonious artist, a Miles Davis wanna-be, an Ida Lupino look-alike, and one very irritated dance instructor. Put them all together, throw in a bag full of cash and an incriminating Polaroid, and you have another surefire, humor-laced hit from one of the freshest voices writing in the mystery world today. | |
Cockey’s new novel finds Hitch up to his ears in murders, and the latest clues point to a Baltimore nightclub. Following his nose, Hitch uncovers a host of nefarious goings-on as well as some downright strange characters, including a felonious artist, a Miles Davis wanna-be, an Ida Lupino look-alike, and one very irritated dance instructor. Put them all together, throw in a bag full of cash and an incriminating Polaroid, and you have another surefire, humor-laced hit from one of the freshest voices writing in the mystery world today.
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Reviews
Amazon.com
This third novel starring hapless Baltimore undertaker Hitchcock Sewell puts Hitch in the middle of a puzzle that gets weirder by the minute. His old friend Lucy has shot her lover, sleazy nightclub owner Shrimp Martin, and disappeared. Shrimp’s gunshot wound isn’t fatal, but a mysterious hospital visitor delivers the coup de grâce, a direct stab to the heart. Naturally the police think the loopy Lucy must be the killer. Hitch tracks Lucy to a beach house where she’s hiding out in the company of Hitch’s ex-wife Julia, and a private detective tracks Shrimp’s missing stepbrother to some pungent underbrush, where his body’s been since before Lucy shot Shrimp. Meanwhile, Hitch has found an informant, a sexy but oddly hostile waitress from Shrimp’s club, who drops dark hints of illegal gambling and hidden bags of cash.
Add to the mix a sultry nightclub singer, a cocky trumpet player, a bad-boy basketball pro with a mean punch, and assorted other oddballs and suspicious characters, and you might almost think you’ve fallen into the Baltimore version of a Janet Evanovich novel. But hold your hearses—Hitch’s wisecracking style is entirely his own, and it’s a pleasure to read. —Barrie Trinkle
Barnes and Noble
Undertaker Hitchcock Sewell’s boring life takes an unexpectedly deadly turn when he traces a bag of cash and an incriminating Polaroid to a downtown Baltimore nightclub that’s host to some pretty nefarious goings-on—and some even stranger characters….
