Late last year I shared a link to a free ebook of City of Beads by Tony Dunbar.
Unfortunately, I just didn't get around to reading it until recently, so with Mardi Gras upon us, I figured it was time to share my review with you!
Synopsis:New Orleans lawyer Tubby Dubonnet is bored. He wants to bill enough hours to pay his alimony and keep his daughter in college, with enough left over for an occasional drink and a good meal, but he longs for something different and exciting. When he's offered a job researching the licensing requirements of the city's new and lucrative gambling casino, he doesn't care if he's working for the Mob.
Meanwhile, he becomes involved in executing the estate of an old friend who controls some dock leases on the wharf, and he agrees to help his daughter's environmental group stop illegal dumping into the river.As one might expect, the three cases curiously begin to converge: the toxic dumping, the dock leases, and the too-good-to-be-true casino job lead Tubby to the conclusion that he's been set up to be the fall guy in an effort by the casino to expand its operations.
Suddenly Tubby is doing something different and exciting -- he's running for his life...
Review: I had never read any of the books in the Tubby Dubonnet series until I snagged this free ebook! After I finished reading ti, I wondered HOW did that happen? As a huge Julie Smith fan, I should have heard about Tony from their shared website/publishing site, Books B Nimble! Nope! But now that I have read one of the books, I'm going to go and get ALL of the series and read it!
I loved this book from the opening line until the last word! Tony writes the flip side of our fav author Alexandrea Weiss. She has the female perspective of NOLA, he has the male! Read all their books and you have a much better understanding of the underbelly/'behind the scenes' world of NOLA that tourists don't see. So while Tubby's leading the reading around NOLA, I was reminiscing and sharing memories! Course the tale isn't too bad either! Tony gives us a great little mystery that will have you guessing how it will all turn out until the end. All together, a very satisfying read!
So if you're looking for a 'new' series of books to read, want to check out the 'real' NOLA, or just want a great read, check out this one!
Be sure to follow BooksbNimble on Twitter for more opportunities for FREE ebooks!
Meanwhile, he becomes involved in executing the estate of an old friend who controls some dock leases on the wharf, and he agrees to help his daughter's environmental group stop illegal dumping into the river.As one might expect, the three cases curiously begin to converge: the toxic dumping, the dock leases, and the too-good-to-be-true casino job lead Tubby to the conclusion that he's been set up to be the fall guy in an effort by the casino to expand its operations.
Suddenly Tubby is doing something different and exciting -- he's running for his life...
Review: I had never read any of the books in the Tubby Dubonnet series until I snagged this free ebook! After I finished reading ti, I wondered HOW did that happen? As a huge Julie Smith fan, I should have heard about Tony from their shared website/publishing site, Books B Nimble! Nope! But now that I have read one of the books, I'm going to go and get ALL of the series and read it!
I loved this book from the opening line until the last word! Tony writes the flip side of our fav author Alexandrea Weiss. She has the female perspective of NOLA, he has the male! Read all their books and you have a much better understanding of the underbelly/'behind the scenes' world of NOLA that tourists don't see. So while Tubby's leading the reading around NOLA, I was reminiscing and sharing memories! Course the tale isn't too bad either! Tony gives us a great little mystery that will have you guessing how it will all turn out until the end. All together, a very satisfying read!
So if you're looking for a 'new' series of books to read, want to check out the 'real' NOLA, or just want a great read, check out this one!
Be sure to follow BooksbNimble on Twitter for more opportunities for FREE ebooks!
About the Author: Attorney and writer Anthony Dunbar is the author of a series of mystery novels set in New Orleans featuring local lawyer Tubby Dubonnet. His books have been nominated for both the Arthur Conan Doyle and Edgar Allan Poe Awards and his latest, Tubby Meets Katrina is the first New Orleans novel set in the storm. Dunbar is also the Lillian Smith Book Award-winning author of books about the South, civil rights, and protest, including Mississippi: Our Land, Too Delta Time Hard Traveling: Migrant Farm Workers in America and Against The Grain: Southern Radicals and Prophets. He is the editor of Where We Stand: Voices of Southern Dissent (foreword by President Jimmy Carter). Dunbar lives in the new New Orleans with his wife and son. Check out http://www.booksbnimble.com/ for more, and be sure to check out his NOLA 3 minute tour video too!!
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