Synopsis When a maintenance worker at a laboratory is found with the frozen head of a researcher in his hands, the police think they have an open-and-shut case of murder. But attorney Tubby Dubonnet disagrees. He takes the case, and all the weirdos that come with it, in this macabre medical mystery.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1997-06-01 | | Series: | Thorndike Large Print Cloak and Dagger Series | | Edition Description: | Large Print |
| Size | | Height: | 9.0 in | | Width: | 6.0 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 18.4 oz |
Publisher's Note New Orleans lawyer Tubby Dubonnet is caught in a twisted medical mystery in the latest installment of the popular crime series. When Moskowitz Memorial Laboratory maintenance worker Cletus Busters is discovered with the frozen head of the lab's most prestigious researcher in his hands, it seems Busters is going to jail. When Tubby takes over the case, he finds that revealing the murderer could be his biggest triumph--or his last case ever.
Industry Reviews "The action, which involves other clients in other hair-raising situations, moves at its own idiosyncratic pace while covering a lot of territory, some of it quite dark. Like Tubby, Mr. Dunbar revels in the raffish charm and humor of his famously rambunctious city. But he also takes care to show us the sing-before-we-swing spirit behind the laughter." New York Times Book Review - Marilyn Stasio (01/19/1997)
"Not only has Tony Dunbar created a lively parody of the lawyer/detective genre, but he has also managed to playfully rescue these often maligned professionals from their seedy stereotypes." Washington Post Book World - Paula Friedman (08/03/1997)
"Fans of jocular Tubby...will drink up the convivial atmosphere." McCullough
"Take one cup of Raymond Chandler, one cup of Tennessee Williams, add a quart of salty humor, and you will get something resembling Dunbar's crazy mixture of crime and offbeat comedy." Lustbader
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