Big Red Tequila

Big Red Tequila

"Big Red Tequila" (ISBN 9780553576443, 1997) is the first book in Rick Riordan's prize winning Tres ("trace") Navarre series of novels. It is a fast paced crime story with an unusually talented and flawed hero. Tres is a PhD academic in medieval studies and English, an unlicensed private eye, and tai chi master.

After some years in the San Francisco Bay area he has returned to his home of San Antonio, Texaswhere his father, a former Bexar county sheriff, was killed. The more he looks into the unsolved crime the more trouble comes his way.

Riordin brings San Antonio to life with deft understanding of the city and a myriad of interesting characters. These include politicians, cops, criminals, love interests, his cat Robert Johnson and his Jimmy Buffett loving parrot-head brother.

This novel won the Anthony Award for best original paperback and the Shamus Award for best First P.I. novel in 1997. [ [http://www.rickriordan.com/TresNavarre.html Big Red Tequila ] ]

References


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Pee-wee's Big Adventure — Infobox Film name = Pee wee s Big Adventure caption = director = Tim Burton producer = Richard Gilbert Abramson Robert Shapiro writer = Paul Reubens Phil Hartman Michael Varhol Tim Burton (uncredited) starring = Paul Reubens Elizabeth Daily Mark… …   Wikipedia

  • Rick Riordan — Rick Riordan, 2007 Rick Riordan (* 5. Juni 1964 in San Antonio, Texas) ist ein US amerikanischer Schriftsteller, der vor allem für seine Romane um den Halbgott Percy Jackson bekannt wurde. Er war auch mit seiner Krimi Buchreihe Tres Navarre… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • List of San Antonio, Texas people — Below follows a comprehensive list of notables of San Antonio, Texas. Politics*Claude W. Black, Jr., Baptist minister, civil rights leader, former City Councilman and Mayor Pro Tempore *Julian Castro, a former city councilman who garnered… …   Wikipedia

  • List of people from San Antonio, Texas — Below follows a comprehensive list of notables of San Antonio, Texas. Contents 1 Politics 1.1 Notable mayors 2 Artists 3 Architects …   Wikipedia

  • Anthony Award — The Anthony Awards are literary awards for mystery writers presented at the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention since 1986. The awards are named for Anthony Boucher (1911 1968), one of the founders of the Mystery Writers of America.The Anthony… …   Wikipedia

  • Shamus Award — Der Shamus Award ist ein US Literaturpreis für Kriminalliteratur, der seit 1982 jährlich von den Private Eye Writers of America (PWA) verliehen wird. Geehrt werden nur Romane, deren Hauptperson ein Privatdetektiv oder sonstiger privater Ermittler …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • The Hammer — Der Shamus Award ist ein US Literaturpreis für Kriminalliteratur, der seit 1982 jährlich von den Private Eye Writers of America (PWA) verliehen wird. Geehrt werden nur Romane, deren Hauptperson ein Privatdetektiv oder sonstiger privater Ermittler …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Rick Riordan — en 2007 Nom de naissance Richard Russel Riordan Jr Activités Romanc …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Anthony Award/Bester Taschenbuchroman — Anthony Award: Bester Taschenbuchroman Gewinner des Anthony Awards in der Kategorie Bester Taschenbuchroman Best Paperback Original), der seit 1986 das beste im Vorjahr erschienene Werk eines englischsprachigen Autors aus dem Krimi… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Rick Riordan — Infobox Writer name = Rick Riordan caption = Rick Riordan in 2007 birthdate = June 5, 1964 birthplace = San Antonio, Texas, United States deathdate = deathplace = occupation = Novelist genre = Fantasy, Detective fiction movement = notableworks =… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”