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4.0 out of 5 stars I admit to drinking it, but I did not swallow, May 9 2007
By Craobh Rua "Craobh Rua" (N. Ireland) - See all my reviews
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"Musical Chairs" is Kinky's fifth novel and and was first published in 1991. As with his other books, Kinky has cast himself as the amateur-PI hero - though he doesn't take too many liberties. The book's Kinky (unsurprisingly) is a cigar-smoking, cat-loving, espresso-guzzling, whiskey-drinking, ex-country and western performer. Naturally, Kinky isn't the only 'real' person to appear in the book - Rambam, Ratso and McGovern - Kinky's 'Village Irregulars' - have all been based on actual friends while the Texas Jewboys - Kinky's old band - also turn up.

Unfortunately, it's the Texas Jewboys who appear to be in trouble. With New Year's Eve approaching, Kinky receives a phone call from one-time bandmate, Tequila. Freshly landed in New York, short on places to stay and in need of a world-class PI, Tequila somehow manages to persuade Kinky to help him. However, while Kinky calls at a nearby comvenience, a killer calls at the loft and leaves Tequila the Guitarist floating in the bath. Things go from bad to worse : Kinky then gets a phone call from Cleve, the former manager of both the band and the Lone Star Cafe. Cleve, who is spending a little time in the Pilgrim State Mental Hospital after having dispatched three country singers, wants to put the band back together. Kinky initially resists the idea...but when he discovers that two futher ex-Jewboys are also very recently deceased, he begins to get very suspicious....The only good thing in Kinky's life at this time is Kelli, a very sweet Texan dancer. Kelli, like Kinky, isn't without her troubles : she has recently parted from her deranged Texan boyfirend and compounded that by spurning Winnie Katz, noted Lesbian Dance Class instructor. (Poor girl : she escapes from two predators, only to be snared by a third).

"A Case of Lone Star" has much in common with the other books by Kinky I've read. While it's not an entirely serious 'whodunnit' it is a fast moving and very easily read book. It's also packed with superbly delivered one-liners and - while his quips won't be to everyone's tastes - it was a book I thoroughly enjoyed.
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