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Tequila Sunrise
by Bracken, Michael
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Wildside Press (2003-02-06)
ISBN: 1587152525
EAN: 9781587152528
Dewey Decimal #: 813
Paperback: 103 pages
Release Date: 2003-02-06
SKU: 01BB-055-7-0308
Condition: VG+
Comments: Clean copy, no markings by previous owners; Covers show very minor shelfwear; Paper toning slightly with age; Corners and ends of spine very lightly bumped; Pages bright and tight. *International Buyers Welcome!* (except for prohibitively heavy items, as noted) - Satisfied customers in over 40 countries! We ship quickly and guarantee satisfaction. Your purchase helps support a U. Chicago student
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Product Description
Private-Eye Nathaniel Rose has seen it all--from dead strippers to exploding Mustangs to blackmailing lovers. After a brief tour of Korea and ten years as a cop, Rose now walks the dark side of the street, handling cases in St. Louis, Missouri. Whether it takes brains, brawn, or bullets to solve a case, Rose knows exactly what to do. With friends on both sides of the law and a hardboiled sense of justice to guide him, Rose takes the most difficult cases to heart. And solves them.
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Customer Reviews
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Getting Hardboiled in "Tequila Sunrise" by Michael Bracken
Rating  (5)
Date: 2004-10-05
Having read and enjoyed very much the novel, "Deadly Campaign" by this author, I have been looking forward to reading this book for quite some time. But, getting my hands on a copy wasn't easy for a number of reasons. Finally, I got one and I wasn't disappointed in this hard hitting anthology featuring private Investigator Nathaniel Rose.
The 103-page book is made up of seven complex stories involving Nathaniel Rose and a recurring cast of characters over a significant period of time. In almost every case, the women are sexy, the violence is hard hitting, and Rose gets the crook by any means necessary.
The book opens with the story "Partners" where Rose is nearly killed when his Mustang explodes. He survives and with little idea who wanted him dead, starts looking.
"Fair Warning" follows and is a case involving a missing husband, fast food, and a tantalizing wife.
"Heartbreak Hotel" comes next in the book as well as in the book arc in terms of character development and time, and involves a missing fiancée. Simply making photocopies can get one killed it seems.
"Lucky Seven" is another aptly named story. In this case, seven witnesses can all detail for court how they saw a man kill his wife and her lover. The client just needs to know how good the case is, which on the surface, seems simple enough.
"Even Roses Bleed" revolves around a beautiful woman and her need to have her husband dead. Word on the street is Nathaniel Rose would fit the bill nicely, in more ways than one.
Strippers have always been a hallmark in detective fiction but rarely used to such good effect in "Tequila Sunrise and the Horse."
But after all, for any P.I. the cases are "Only Business." Something to remember in the sometimes stormy waters of love.
With an overall story arc linking the stories in this anthology and providing character development, this book is a very good read and more complex than many novels. The writing style is terse and hard hitting and usually in dialogue form. At the same time, scene descriptions come alive for the reader who will quickly become lost in the murky world of "Bullets, Booze and Broads."
Book Facts
Tequila Sunrise
Hardboiled P.I Nathaniel Rose: Bullets, Booze and Broads
By Michael Bracken
www.crimefcitionwriter.com
Wildside Press
www.wildsidepress.com
2000
ISBN # 1-58715-252-5
Large Trade Paperback
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Unapologetic Hard Boiled Entertaiment
Rating (5)
Date: 2002-06-26
3 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
Nathaniel Rose evokes shades of Mike Hammer and Parker with some unique textures of his own. The stories were entertaining original fiction, written with honor threaded throughout the tough action and dialogue.
The reader is left wanting more tales from this almost anti-hero.
In a genre overly criticized for its wanton violence and sexuality, it's refreshing to see Michael Bracken stare the critics down for the sake of a story done right.
Bracken's work can stand alongside Mickey Spillane, Richard Stark, Dennis Lehane, George Pelecanos and Ed McBain as the most entertaining writing of its genre.
Having read four other Bracken books (All White Girls, Bad Girls, Psi Cops as well as Tequila Sunrise), the feeling is that Bracken will make a major breakthrough into mainstream entertainment.
Hopefully,his Nathaniel Rose creation will follow him there, because crime fiction needs a breath of fresh air.
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Truth in Advertising
Rating (5)
Date: 2001-07-30
4 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
The subtitle, "Bullets, Booze and Broads," is a highly accurate summation of this short story collection. There is certainly no mistaking this book for a cozy tea party at the vicarage. In all honesty, I'm much more a cozy fan than a hardboiled fan, and the more graphic sex scenes pushed my "too much information" button. Bracken tells a good story, though, and there is no denying that Nathaniel Rose has a distinctive voice.All of the stories are set in St. Louis, and as someone who visits St. Louis maybe once every few years, I enjoyed Rose's tour of some of those sites not on the typical tourist itinerary. The city's unique personality comes through very subtly yet effectively, seeming to make the setting a character of its own. I was particularly impressed with the plot lines, both within each story and in the progression of stories. Bracken's plot twists are fresh and innovative where so many hardboiled stories fall back on the tried and true devices. Bracken even seems to poke fun at some of those hardboiled conventions, like when Rose describes how he and his secretary are caught by surprise when a client actually shows up completely unannounced. The character development as Rose proceeds from "Partners" (first published in 1988) through four stories from the 1995 collection Even Roses Bleed, to the final two stories written for this anthology, also indicate Bracken's concentration on craft. And despite my cozy leanings, I couldn't help but admire Bracken's willingness to shed just about anybody's blood in order to keep the plot coherent. If you like your fiction brief and noir (and maybe even if you don't) I think you'll find Tequila Sunrise an intoxicating treat. (adapted from a "Skullduggery" review)
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Old-fashioned,. hardboiled private eye stories
Rating (5)
Date: 2001-07-25
3 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
Tequila Sunrise contains seven private eye stories, all great. These stories are faithful to the hardboiled genre, and make no apology for their rough, tough nature.I knew I was in for a good time when Nathaniel Rose's car blew up on page one of the first story. The excitement and suspense didn't let up until the last page of the last story. If you like stories of private eyes with codes of honor, willing to do what it takes to find the truth no matter wshat the personal cost, this is the book for you.
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"Tequilla Sunrise": Strong Stuff
Rating (5)
Date: 2001-07-01
4 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
Michael Bracken's "Tequilla Sunrise" is a wonderful trip into the hardboiled world. It's a place where strippers are named Lime Ricky and Tequilla Sunrise, where friends become enemies, enimies become allies, and clients become lovers before the sun sets. This collection of seven stories (six previously published)follows PI Nathaniel Rose down the mean streets of St. Louis. The collection starts with a bang (literally) in "Partners," and continues nonstop through some of the best noir detective tales in years. Bracken manages to create a fresh, unique character in Rose, while keeping true to the traditional hardboiled private eye story. Any of these stories could have come right from the pages of Black Mask. If you love classic noir stories, you owe it to yourself to read this collection.
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