Amazon.com: One Horse Open Slay (A Crag Banyon Mystery) eBook: James Mullaney: Kindle Store: Dashiell Hammett meets Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town"Hello, you've reached Banyon Investigations...."
Crag Banyon is just your run-of-the-mill P.I. He's got a secretary who loves to hate and hates to love him. His worst enemy in the world is on the local force and relishes the thought of seeing Banyon behind bars. And he's got a knack for attracting all the crazies to his small downtown office above the fish market. So when an elf shows up on a stolen reindeer and hints of foul play at the North Pole, Banyon takes the whole thing in stride, refuses to take the case, and heads off to his favorite saloon. But when the elf turns up dead the next morning, the cops make their least favorite private eye the fall guy.
A hunted man, Banyon lams it to the Arctic Circle to clear his name. He quickly finds that Santa's workshop is a lot more dangerous than even a plucky P.I. with a ready quip and a five-alarm hangover can handle. Between fighting for his life and fending off the advances of a hot-to-trot Mrs. Claus, Banyon uncovers a conspiracy that goes far past December 25. If he can just ring in the New Year without a bullet in his brain, it'll all be just another day's work for Crag Banyon, P.I.
"....he's an SOB, but he's cheap. How may I direct your call?"
3 comments:
I read and enjoyed this. A fun spoof of a hard-boiled mystery with a Christmas theme. Five stars, easy.
I finished One Horse Open Slay today and would also recommend it. It is very funny as well as a good mystery with a Christmas setting. Jim Mullaney also has another fairly new book out on Kindle call Red and Buried. It is the first book the new Red Menace series that he is writing.
Thanks for the plug, Bill. It's much appreciated.
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