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FORGOTTEN BOOKS: GOODEY’S LAST STAND!
CHARLES ALVERSON
"I was right, wasn't I, Joe? You should have been a private dick all the time. You're a natural. Here you've had a private op's license a full six hours or so, and you're working overtime finding dead bodies, disappearing potential murderers and witnesses, bumping heads with detective sergeants all over the place. You've got the knack, boy." – Goodey's Last Stand
Joe Goodey is a star San Francisco homicide detective working until he mistakes the mayor’s cousin for a gunman and shoots him. In short order, Goodey is forced to resign and run out of town. It’s indicated that once things cools down, he might be able to return as a private ticket.
However, no sooner than you can say plot twist, a North Beach stripper with the mayor’s name in her little black book is murdered, and Goodey finds his private eye license expedited – he’s back in town with fall guy written all over him.
Goodey survives his last stand in order to work a second case in Not Sleeping, Just Dead, when he is hired to investigate the mysterious death of a young woman at a Big Sur commune/rehab clinic called The Institute.
Author Alverson’s screen writing involvement with Terry Gilliam’s stylized films Brazil and Jabberwocky should give you some idea of the anachronistic time displacement displayed by the down on his luck Goodey. Goodey’s Last Stand was published in the mid-seventies and set in the then modern era. However, Goodey is less enlightened toward women and minorities than Mike Hammer in his heyday, making his exploits a homage to the genre’s worst attributes.
Still, despite his throwback attitudes, Goodey is an entertaining wise-cracker who goes through his knight in tarnished armor routine in serviceable tradition. Set in Chinatown and San Francisco’s red light district, Goodey’s Last Stand is strong with mood and ambience, but never rises above mediocre storytelling.
THE JOE GOODEY NOVELS:
GOODEY’S LAST STAND (1975)
NOT SLEEPING, JUST DEAD (1977)
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Young secretary Tori Van Camp wakes one morning on a luxurious ocean liner where she is offered whatever a person might desire: food, clothes, recreation, and the companionship of congenial people. But Tori has no memory of booking a cruise. What she does have is a vivid recollection of being shot point blank in the chest.
With the help of the stunningly handsome Mike and the unnervingly serene Nancy, Tori soon learns the purpose of her voyage. Still, she is haunted by the image of the gun, the crack of the shot, and the malevolent face of the shooter. Who wanted her dead, and why?
Determined to find out, Tori enlists the help of Seamus, an eccentric but shrewd detective. Together they embark on an investigation unlike anything Tori ever thought possible. Death is all around, the future is uncertain, and if Tori does not act quickly, two people she cares about are prime candidates for murder.
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AN ONGOING SERIES HIGHLIGHTING POSSIBLY DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH E-BOOKS BY RELATIVELY UNKNOWN AUTHORS, FOUND WHILE CRUISING THE E-BOOK SHELVES ON AMAZON WITH PRICES THAT MAKE THEM WORTH TAKING A CHANCE ON . . . SOME MAY BE CRAP, SOME COULD SHOW POTENTIAL, OTHERS (I SUSPECT VERY, VERY, FEW) MIGHT BE GREAT – TAKE A CHANCE . . .
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C. J. WEST
Michael O’Connor moves like a ghost. He’s so good he can bag your valuables while you’re home and you won’t ever know. One supremely unlucky day his credit card fence turns him in. The world is safe from Michael until the Supreme Court rules long term incarceration cruel and unusual punishment and releases 2,000,000 felons.
Criminals rampage. Citizens barricade themselves in. Police departments take extreme measures, but they have no way to deal with the criminals they arrest until Wendell Cummings develops reeducation. The system is a brutal violation of privacy and human rights, but citizens want protection at any cost and the reeducation system gives it to them.
The End of Marking Time opens with Michael trapped in a hallway before a one-way mirror. He tells you his story because he believes you are his jury and if you press the green button, he will be given another chance. Michael doesn't understand what is happening to him because he was the last felon released. He was unconscious while reeducation was introduced and he doesn't believe he can be punished in a world without prison. The mystery of this book is not who Michael thinks you are, but who is sitting in the thirteen chairs behind the window and what fate they will choose for Michael.
AUDIO DRAMA CORNER: COUNTDOWN!
NEW FROM 19 NOCTURNE BOULEVARD . . .
WRITTEN BY JULIE HOVERSON
The haunted Ratcatcher Mine is irresistable to tourists and ghost hunters alike.
What kind of a place is it?
Why it's a ____________- can't you tell?
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COCKTAIL NATION 168 ~ THE COCKTAIL HANDBOOK!
On the show this week, Koop checks out a new book on Cocktails called the Cocktail Handbook: Cool Drinks From Hawai’is Hottest Bartenders. Koop will also give out swank advice on haircuts, review a new album on vinyl for Waitiki 7, and on The World Of Swank, Koop will fill us in on the best events to attend.
PLAYLIST:
Tikiyaki Orchesta ~ Bachelor Number 2.
Combustible Edison ~ Satan Says
Tiki Joes Ocean ~ Stoic Moai
BobThompson ~ JoireDeVivre
Narco Lounge Combo ~ The Island Awakens
Jackie Gleason ~ Our Love
Dom Halpin ~ Mambo
Vibes On Velvet ~ Caravan
Waitiki ~ Rendezvous in Okonkuluku
Jack Jones ~ You Better Love Me
Jimmy Vargas ~ Dahlias Web
Three Suns ~ Fever
Annie Ross ~ You’re Nearer
HB Radke ~ Straighten Up and Fly Right
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RANCHO DIABLO #3: DEAD MAN’S REVENGE!
COLBY JACKSON (AKA: BILL CRIDER)
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Sam Blaylock just wants to establish his ranch and get his family settled in, but has a dead man returned to take revenge against Sam, or is there something more human at work?
Even the law doesn't seem to be on Sam's side as he takes on enemies that strike in the night.
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THE AVENGERS 50TH ANNIVERSAY CELEBRATION!
Mrs Peel… we’re needed!
The Avengers are coming to the University of Chichester! This will be the biggest reunion of cast and crew members in 40 years.
We’re celebrating the 50th Anniversary of this cult British TV series, right here in Chichester. Hosted by Paul O’Grady it will be a massive 2 day event, taking place 25th – 26th June 2011.
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RAT PACK CENTRAL: FRANK SINATRA MONTEGRAPPA PENS!
MONTEGRAPPA PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE LEGENDARY FRANK SINATRA
LOS ANGELES (MARCH 22, 2011) - Montegrappa, Italy’s most revered manufacturer of fine writing instruments, today announced the debut of several new commemorative pens honoring Frank Sinatra during Baselworld, the world's largest and most important event in the watch and jewelry sector held annually in Basel, Switzerland, this year from March 24 to March 31. The pens will be part of Montegrappa’s popular “Icons” series of writing instruments, which pays tribute to global cultural icons, who have achieved greatness in a variety of fields, including music, movies and sports. Previously released pens in the “Icons” series have honored Muhammad Ali and Bruce Lee.
