false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223645447m/113255.jpg 113255 2 Rick Riordan has loaded his first mystery with lots of genre baggage: this story about a man coming home to San Antonio, Texas, to rescue his old girlfriend and solve the 12-year-old murder of his sheriff father is a virtual homage to James (<i>The Last Good Kiss</i>) Crumley. But Riordan writes so well about the people and topography of his hometown that he very quickly marks the territory as his own. Tres Navarre has put behind him the teenage days when he and his friend Ralph Arguello would cruise through San Antonio, drinking a ferocious mixture of cheap tequila and Big Red cream soda. A University of California Ph.D. in English plus a fascination with t'ai chi ch'uan led Tres naturally enough to work as a private investigator in San Francisco. But one call from the love of his early life--the mysterious and captivating Lillian Cambridge, now trapped in dangerous work and love relationships--and Tres gladly trades his trendy Peet's coffee for the stronger brews of home. 109044 2 6 1997 Big Red Tequila total:159|5:33|4:57|3:52|2:13|1:4| 159 579 247 25 0 1 false false Tue May 26 17:01:58 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 17:02:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Sep 07 07:37:17 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 07 07:39:20 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Jul 24 17:54:50 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 17:55:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Jun 04 19:14:51 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 19:18:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 01 21:20:04 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 21:21:58 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed Mar 11 11:40:08 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 11:40:08 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed May 13 17:56:45 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 17:58:01 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 14:45:56 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 14:47:16 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Tue Aug 05 19:43:02 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 09 11:38:07 -0700 2008
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