Bubba Mabry
Created by Steve Brewer

Not the most competent of P.I.s, and possibly not the most politically correct, BUBBA MABRY has taken more than his fair share of wrong turns on the mean streets of Albuquerque, New Mexico, but he has so far somehow managed to survive. Irreverent and fun to read, the tone for the series was set in his first case, 1994's great Lonely Street, when Bubba's hired to bodyguard the King himself, Elvis Presley. Thing is, the King's been dead for twenty years or so (or has he?)

Bubba's an appealingly human character, a regular Joe (or Bubba, in his case, I guess), born and bred in Mississippi, who found himself transplanted to Albuquerque by the Air Force, and just kinda ended up staying when his hitch was done. He may never set the world on fire, but he appears in some pretty entertaining P.I. yarns.

Well-plotted, with enough twists, turns, and red herrings to please even the pickiest readers, and some real tongue-in-cheek characters worth meeting. Like the beer commercials say, the Bubba books are light, but satisfying.

NOVELS

• Lonely Street (1994)
• Baby Face..Buy this book
• Witchy Woman (1996)..Buy this book
• Shaky Ground (1997)
• Dirty Pool (1999)..Buy this book
• Crazy Love (2001)..Buy this book

BY THE WAY

• Steve used to be on DorothyL, and may still be there, for all I know. A while back he asked "What kind of twit would deliberately post something so provocative and mean-spirited? ...I decided it must be someone who's exceedingly lonely and wants e-mail. Pitiful."
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  I started to pity whoever he was talking about, and then realized he was talking about....me. Ouch! I must have twisted Steve's knickers at some point. That, or he sure knows how to play to the girls.

Respectfully (honest!) submitted by Kevin Burton Smith.