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Rick and Lollie find themselves looking back half a century to solve the case and it takes them up famed Highway 61 to places rich in the history of the blues. A place where certain people have worked hard to keep the lid on some unsavoury business.

Eddie Long plans to be a country music star but he''s stuck touring the college frat circuit. After his wife dies at the hands of a serial killer, Eddie writes the best song of his life. It goes straight to number one. And that''s when all the trouble starts.Jimmy Rogers is a freelance writer covering the Mississippi music scene. He sets out to write the life story of Nashville''s latest sensation but unearths some facts that could ruin Eddie''s burgeoning career while making Jimmy a huge bestseller.Throw in a beautiful and opportunistic country radio DJ, a pair of wily record producers, and a naive young singer-songwriter, and the stage is set. Everybody plans to make a killing -- one way or another. It''s murder on Music Row, where things don''t always turn out as planned.Praise for Bill Fitzhugh''s Books''A strange and deadly amalgam of screenwriter and comic novelist... in league with Carl Hiaasen and Elmore Leonard.'' New York Times Book Review ''A rip-roaring farce of a thriller.'' Mirror''Fitzhugh tightens his grip on a reputation for absurdist black comedy.'' Bookpage

Rick Shannon is an unemployed FM rock DJ considering a mid-life change in careers. But just as he begins selling off his record collection, a job offer comes from a small station in Mississippi, where a DJ recently stopped showing up for work.No sooner than he settles into the job, Rick finds a mysterious reel of tape that just might explain what happened to the missing DJ. His curiosity piqued, Rick starts poking around and soon finds himself going down a road littered with extortion, arson, murder, and an FCC violation that makes Howard Stern look like a Cub Scout.Before you can say "Stairway to Heaven", Rick finds himself wading through a swamp of suspects, including a tough divorcee who rents construction equipment, a former local beauty pageant queen (Miss Tire & Auto Parts), and the president of a local personal finance company who has peculiar ideas about collateral and who just might be part of the feared Dixie Mafia.Reviews of the DJ Rick Shannon series''Hilarious - and dead on. Fitzhugh treats us to a tragicomic tour of regional black-and blues history.'' New York Times''Fast, funny, and fabulous. This is Fitzhugh''s finest - and that''s saying a lot!'' Jill Conner Browne''A lost-tapes mystery - all blues mysteries are lost-tapes mysteries - but unlike the rest, this pays off with a climax so rich you want to hear the tapes as much as the people hunting them down.'' Greil Marcus

Jake Trapper isn''t your average organ acquisition specialist. He''s the best in L.A. But Jake has a soft spot for underdogs and his current case is Angel, a young girl from a broken home. She needs a kidney. So Jake makes a deal with a broker and gets seduced into the kidney business.When a potential organ donor is killed, Jake meets LAPD Homicide Detective Megan Densmore who enlists Jake to help with the investigation. Enter Special Agent Fuller, a Fed looking into the black market angle. He''s an oddball with an architecture fetish and an endless supply of strange tales to tell.As more bodies surface, Special Agent Fuller turns a suspicious eye toward Jake and the noose tightens, threatening to reveal Jake''s dirty little secret.Reviews of the Transplant Tetralogy''One of the funniest, most off-beat thrillers in years.'' The Times''His wit and style are as compelling as his tightly wound thriller plots, and his thoughts on the world we live in are fascinating and, often, spot on... An awe-inspiring feat.'' Washington Post''Bill Fitzhugh just gets better and better.'' Christopher Moore''A thrilling tale of science run amok... laugh-out-loud send-ups of the madness of modern life.'' Booklist

Given a terminal diagnosis, Miguel Padilla decides he must accomplish something meaningful before death. He seizes on the idea of donating a kidney to save someone's life. Then decides: why stop there? Why not donate... everything?

Big-shot ad exec Dan Steele feels entitled to the best life has to offer - even if he has to live way beyond his means to acquire it. But there''s hope on the horizon. Dan has just stolen what''s sure to be an award-winning idea for a multimillion-dollar account. If he can keep the creditors at bay long enough, he''ll get the keys to the executive restroom and all his problems will be solved.Unfortunately, that''s when his brother, a Catholic priest, shows up at Dan''s door in need of a loan to pay for some essential medical attention. Being both financially and morally challenged, Dan hands over his insurance card instead of his credit card. But it''s too late. After running up a bill for $300,000, Father Michael goes the way of all flesh.Now Dan has a choice: go to prison for insurance fraud or take a vow of poverty and become a man of the cloth. Before he can say "God bless," Dan finds himself pursued by a relentless insurance investigator, the psychopathic copywriter whose idea he stole, and a deadly killer from his brother''s mysterious past. And, as if that wasn''t enough, Dan finds himself falling in love with a gun-toting nun. Let us pray.Praise for Bill Fitzhugh''s Books''A strange and deadly amalgam of screenwriter and comic novelist... in league with Carl Hiaasen and Elmore Leonard.'' New York Times Book Review ''A rip-roaring farce of a thriller.'' Mirror''Fitzhugh tightens his grip on a reputation for absurdist black comedy.'' Bookpage

A collection of theatrical misfits goes on tour across the Atlantic in this nostalgic post-war novel sure to delight fans of PG Wodehouse and Jerome Jerome

A marvellously macabre look at how some of the world's favourite historical figures got even more interesting past their expiration dates with their corpses in part or in whole going on hilarious and horrifying adventures!

A comedy murder mystery set in France with an amateur sleuth out of his depth. When an older gentleman disappears from a B&B, Richard and his more capable partner must solve the case! Written by a leading comedian.

On a night of wild storms, two troubled figures - a 15-year-old boy, Smiler, and a cheetah, Yarra - escape from captivity. Their lives become inextricably bound up as they fight for survival on the edge of Salisbury Plain.

1665. King Charles II has returned from exile but the scars of the English Civil Wars are yet to heal and now the Great Plague engulfs the land. When Alethea is cast out on the streets of London, a long road to Derbyshire lies ahead of her.

Spence Tailor, a lawyer with an actual set of principles, loves his mama, Rose. Rose - with advanced cardiomyopathy and a rare blood type - is scheduled for a heart transplant.But when the president's heart craps out during a photo op three months before the national election, the White House chief of staff orders the FBI to seize the heart that was going to Rose - all in the name of democracy. But Spence isn't about to let anybody steal what rightfully belongs to his mom.So with the help of his reluctant older brother, they hijack the heart, inadvertently kidnap a beautiful cardiac surgery resident, and take to the road in a '65 Mustang - with all the president's men in potentially murderous pursuit.Reviews of the Transplant Tetralogy'One of the funniest, most off-beat thrillers in years.' The Times'His wit and style are as compelling as his tightly wound thriller plots, and his thoughts on the world we live in are fascinating and, often, spot on... An awe-inspiring feat.' Washington Post'Bill Fitzhugh just gets better and better.' Christopher Moore'A thrilling tale of science run amok... laugh-out-loud send-ups of the madness of modern life.' Booklist

Originally published: London: Arrow, 1996.

Paul Symon is an environmentalist who's out to make the world a better place, but he faces too much disjointed information, public apathy, and self-serving talk. Not to mention greedy despoiler Jerry Landis, a venture capitalist dying of a rare disease that accelerates the aging process.Landis cares only about making more money and finding a way to arrest his medical condition. That brings him and his fortune to the wild frontier of biotechnology, where his people are illegally experimenting with cross-species organ transplantation in California while breeding genetically altered primates at a secret site in the piney woods of southcentral Mississippi.There's also an eco-terrorist on the loose, bent on teaching hard lessons to people who think the Earth and its creatures are theirs to destroy. These forces, together with fifty thousand extra-large chacma baboons, collide in an explosion of laughter and wonder that Bill Fitzhugh's growing league of admirers is coming to recognize as his very own.Reviews of the Transplant Tetralogy'One of the funniest, most off-beat thrillers in years.' The Times'His wit and style are as compelling as his tightly wound thriller plots, and his thoughts on the world we live in are fascinating and, often, spot on... An awe-inspiring feat.' Washington Post'Bill Fitzhugh just gets better and better.' Christopher Moore'A thrilling tale of science run amok... laugh-out-loud send-ups of the madness of modern life.' Booklist

Serge Storms is a lover of history, so he''s decided to investigate his own using one of those DNA services. Excited to construct a family tree, he and his perpetually stoned friend Coleman hit the road in Florida to meet his kin.But as the old saying goes, the apple doesn''t fall far... Serge is thrilled to discover he may be related to a notorious serial killer who''s terrorized the state for twenty years and never been caught. Which one of his newfound relatives will be the one to help him hunt down this deranged maniac? Serge doesn''t know that a dogged investigator from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement is also hot on the trail.Then Serge meets a park ranger who''s also longing to make a family re-connection. But all is not as it appears on the surface, and Serge''s newfound friendship in the mysterious swamps of Florida may lead to deadly results.Finding his own relatives has made Serge understand the importance of family. Of course he''ll do anything to help...What people are saying about Serge Storms:"Over-the-top, off-the-wall, too-much-is-never-enough, Florida insanity was never described so authentically and with such enthusiasm.""Humor really doesn''t get better than this. Dorsey has a style all to his own that is simply not replicated anywhere.""Serge and Coleman are a match made in heaven and I am still laughing ... truly a great read and I can''t wait to delve into more of Dorsey''s work.""This is Pulp Fiction on steroids with an acid tab chaser. There is insanity on every page and every page is a good time. Twists and turns, and some of the most creative homicidal mayhem I have ever read.""... for pure pleasure and entertainment you just can''t beat the maniacal style of the Serge Storm series."Editorial reviews:"Hilarious. ... Serge Storms is, hands down, one of the most original and just-plain-captivating characters in modern crime fiction." Booklist"Entertaining ... funny ... irreverent and loving at the same time ... [Dorsey] leaves the reader gasping for breath." Washington Post Book World"The characters in Tim Dorsey''s raucous novel would be shot on sight in any other state." The New York Times Book Review"Excellent ... I almost exploded with laughter as I read Dorsey''s novel. It''s manic, hysterical, and puts Dorsey well up there with the cream of comic writers who seem to have made Florida the centre for satirizing America in the 21st century." Independent"Twisted hilarity ... a compelling page-turner ... Tim Dorsey is one sick bunny." Belfast News Letter

Join Tom and a cast of disreputable and downright dangerous characters in this witty thriller set in a murky world of murder, mystery and complex equations.

The final book in the acclaimed Darkwood trilogy - a modern fairy tale series to bewitch grown-up fans of Terry Pratchett and younger readers alike.

The story of one woman, one baby, a slipped disc and rather too many wrinkles, The Secret Diary of a New Mum (Aged 43 1/4) follows a midlife mum as she makes the transition from experienced TV producer to utterly inexperienced parent.

As the Easter weekend approaches, feline detectives Hettie Bagshot and Tilly Jenkins are called to investigate the murder of local radio DJ Hartley Battenberg.

The White Tower. A terrible vision. Her home invaded and precious documents stolen. Queen of Heaven is the 15th century story of a woman who overcomes restrictions placed on her sex to save all she holds dear.

A collection of light-hearted short stories about a group of amiable criminals, evoking the very best of humorous classic crime fiction.

When Stockwell Park Orchestra goes on tour to Europe, it proves a challenge for even the most efficient German logistical planner.

Armed with only an open mind and a little karate, Mrs Pollifax is the most lovable and most unlikely of international spies.

A collection of theatrical misfits go on tour in this nostalgic trip back in time - sure to delight fans of H.E. Bates or PG Wodehouse

Accompanied throughout by the author's evocative hand-drawn illustrations, Deeper Into the Wood is a lyrical and inspiring story; a potent reminder of nature's delicate balance and our responsibility toward its preservation.

Digital technologies have given rise to a new machine-based civilization that is increasingly linked to a growing number of social and political maladies. Accountability is weak and insecurity is endemic, creating disturbing opportunities for exploitation. With COVID-19 only heightening the demand for social media and amplifying negative externalities, it is all the more urgent for us to comprehensively address the intertwined pathologies of social media and surveillance capitalism. This starts with the device in our hand. It's time for us to push RESET.

The go-to guide on how to build a world-class business by doing the right thing - from one of Britain's most successful ever businessmen.