Synopses & Reviews
UNEASY MONEY
If Albuquerque P.I. Bubba Mabry has any competition -- and it's debatable that he even has a job -- it would be William J. Pool, a slick Texas hotshot who loves playing Bubba for a chump. So when Pool asks Bubba if he wants some easy money, Bubba thinks about telling him to go to hell . . . and then he thinks about his bank account.
It's a simple gig: drop off a large ransom payment to the kidnappers of Richie Johnson, the pampered son -- turned-skinhead of multimillionaire Dick Johnson. Bubba follows instructions and the money's picked up -- by rebellious Richie himself who quickly disappears. Now Johnson Sr. has a new deal for Pool and Bubba: whoever finds his son first keeps the ransom money.
Of course, Bubba's long-lost father picks this time to come home, and the old man is nutty as a fruitcake, but nothing will come between Bubba Mabry and $200,000 -- except maybe, murder.
Review
". . . pure, clean fun." (Albuquerque Journal)
Synopsis
Bumbling Albuquerque P.I. Bubba Mabry is offered an "easy money" job from William J. Pool, a slick Texas hotshot who loves playing Bubba for a chump. All Bubba has to do is deliver ransom to the kidnappers of Richie Johnson, the pampered son of multimillionaire Dick Johnson. But it turns out that Richie himself is behind the kidnapping and Johnson, Sr., has a new deal for Pool and Bubba: whoever finds his son first keeps the ransom money. Albuquerque author Steve Brewer has written four other novels in the bestselling Bubba Mabry mystery series. This longtime journalist now devotes himself full-time to creating new adventures for Bubba, in addition to other writing projects.
Synopsis
Albuquerque P.I. Bubba Mabry is offered a job by Texas hotshot William J. Pool to deliver ransom to the kidnappers of the pampered son of a multimillionaire. When it's revealed that the son is behind his own kidnapping, his father has a new deal for Pool and Bubba. Martin's Press.