Basket Case (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)

A rollicking and hilarious novel from the bestselling author of Bad Monkey and Razor Girl.

Jack Taggers years in exile at the obituaries desk of a South Florida daily havent dulled his investigative reporters nose for a good story. When Jimmy Stoma, the infamous front man of Jimmy and the Slut Puppies, dies in a fishy scuba accident, Jack sees his ticket back to page oneif only he can figure out what really happened. Standing in his way are, just for starters, his ambitious young editor, who hasnt yet fired anyone but plans to break her cherry on Jack; the rock stars pop-singer widow, whos using the occasion of her husbands death to relaunch her own career; and the soulless, profit-hungry owner of the newspaper, whom Jack once publicly humiliated at a stockholders meeting. Following clues from the late rock singers own music, Jack tries to unravel the lies surrounding Jimmy Stomas strange fate.