| Title | : | Tubbypalooza: Nine Hard-Boiled Tubby Dubonnet Mysteries (Tubby Dubonnet #1-6, 8-10) |
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| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 1745 |
| Publication | : | Published November 17, 2018 |
MURDER IN THE BIG SLEAZY: Destination crime fiction with a heaping dose of Étouffée
A simple man with a refined palate, maverick New Orleans lawyer Tubby Dubonnet has a penchant for fishing, Old Fashioneds, off-track betting, and fighting evil while passing a good time. Passing a good time, of course, includes running from the mob, solving gritty crime lab murder mysteries, thwarting hurricane season bank heists, and a good deal of rubbing elbows with corrupt politicians—all this while answering to a family of beloved women that he just can’t seem to slip anything past… And with each action-packed adventure, you can trust—because this is a Tubby Dubonnet mystery—that these disparate events are intricately intertwined.
A veritable best-of, this murder mystery anthology includes nine of Tubby Dubonnet’s Anthony and Edgar-nominated hard-boiled legal thrillers.
(Editor’s Note: Why not all ten? Sorry to say the rights to TUBBY MEETS KATRINA are licensed to another publisher. But these stories need not be read in order.)
CROOKED MAN
Meet lawyer Tubby Dubonnet. His clients are all renegades from the asylum (aka Orleans Parish), including Darryl Alvarez, the manager of a local nightclub who's been caught unloading marijuana from a shrimp boat. At their first meeting, Darryl entrusts Tubby with an ordinary-looking blue gym... of money. What could possibly go wrong?
CITY OF BEADS
Tubby Dubonnet is bored. Sure, researching licensing law for the new casino will keep trout meunière on the table, but what could be more tedious? (Unless, of course, the client’s dealings are steeped in conspiracy).
TRICK QUESTION
Medical lab janitor Cletus Busters is caught red-handed in a restricted area with the frozen head of Dr. Whitney Valentine. Busters won't say much, except that he's innocent. Calling Tubby Dubonnet!
SHELTER FROM THE STORM
To out-of-town kingpin Willie LaRue, Mardi Gras seems the perfect time for a New Orleans heist. Parties, parades, chaos, alcohol – who could be concerned about a little thing like a bank job? Indeed, all might have gone well except for an out-of-season frog-flogger that threatens to flood the French Quarter.
CRIME CZAR
Tubby can't forget the last words that escaped an old friend's lips, and he can't get out of the way of a political campaign that's turning rough. Obsessed with the idea that a shadowy crime boss may be pulling the strings that have cost good people their lives, Tubby is entering into a test of courage with the most violent men in New Orleans.
LUCKY MAN
It's a city of sin. And murder is only one of them. So what if Judge Hughes shared a few special moments with Sultana Patel—why is this a matter of public interest? Until the D.A. hatches a plot to ensnare them—and their lawyer Tubby. And what a web they’re ensnared in!
NIGHT WATCHMAN
When in the 1970s a young war protester is killed in broad daylight on Canal Street, it appears that his murder will be forgotten. But a youthful Tubby chanced to see it happen, and the tragic event's haunted him throughout his life. Decades later, Tubby decides to conduct his own investigation. And stirs up a hornets’ nest.
FAT MAN BLUES
Ex-con Angelo Spooner is trying to start a legit business, but he just can’t catch a break. Just as his healing Holy Water, “Angelo’s Elixir” is about to go upscale, the sticky strands of the Big Sleazy’s tangled web of crime and corruption come running.
FLAG BOY
The set-up alone's enough to make you believe in the butterfly effect. Two acrobats burglarize a house; a sultan moves into a French Quarter mansion; a Mardi Gras Indian, in the wrong place at the wrong time, is wrongfully arrested; and our hero Tubby Dubonnet comes upon a double murder while paying a social call on the bayou.
Tubbypalooza: Nine Hard-Boiled Tubby Dubonnet Mysteries (Tubby Dubonnet #1-6, 8-10) Reviews
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Take a walk with Tubby Dubonnet Lawyer from New Orleans. And you will either find a best friend or be horrified.
Tubby Dubonnet a New Orleans Lawyer. A great friend, and great boss, a great Father, and a real bad enemy. But sometimes he has trouble telling his friends from the enemy. Now he knows that Cherrylynn his secretary and asstant, and Raisin his best friend sinse high school, and Flowers his PI and friend for years all have his back. And his girls we watch them grow up up. They are part of our family also. And we watch the ladies come through and stay friends. And the clients are happy and keep coming back. But he can’t seem to quit making enemies! Bad ones! Long lasting ones that hang around and keep putting their two bits in when he thinks they have left. It makes life more than disturbing it is hazardous It causes his friends to be killed and that makes him mad and he does something about it. And he has some funny morals. Not perfect you understand he makes more mistakes than most but he keeps trying. All together a friend I would like to have at my side in times of need. And for a good time. Good fun read. -
An enormously entertaining series. Each book is good by itself but the series weaves through all the characters and some are lost, some rediscovered, some you are glad to see again. The series takes place over more than a decade and uses events, institutions, and traditions that make New Orleans the place it is. Tubby Dubonnet is the hero; a divorced lawyer, father of three girls, lover of good liquor and fine food, and a practising (sometimes) lawyer at home in New Orleans. His law practice, friends, lovers, and enemies take him all over the city and into many tight situations. Tony Dunbar has brought so much of New Orleans mythology into the stories as well as the mundane tasks of daily life. I love reading these stories and Tubbypalooza has all but one of them. Enjoy.
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All nine books different until the very end.
Each book has a different style to it. All the stories have a few main and supporting characters in them, but the last book combined them all together for a surprising end. -
Grey
Too many shades of grey in New Orleans, nobody is totally black or white. But the food is almost always delicious even if the surroundings aren't.
My favorite line is how Tubby is nearly and innocent surrounded by bad occurrences. Makes for good story telling. -
Loved all the stories except that it would not load "Tubby Meets Katrina", only reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5.
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Wow
This was my first foray into the mind of Tubby Dubonnet and it was wonderful. It put me in mind of Robert B Parker ! -
Excellent series
I read these books back to back and loved each one of them. Tubby is a tortured soul and wants to set things right. -
AN HONEST REVIEW.....
I have read all nine of the books in this series offering and can sum up the experience easily: FOR A GREAT TIME SEE TUBBY DUBONNET. Let the good times roll.
