cover image Ruby Tuesday

Ruby Tuesday

Baron R. Birtcher. Durban House Publishing, $24.95 (222pp) ISBN 978-1-930754-11-9

The sequel to last year's Roadhouse Blues, Baron R. Birtcher's tropical noir Ruby Tuesday pitches retired LAPD detective Mike Travis who only wants to get away from it all headlong into a dangerous criminal investigation when he finds his Hawaiian home full of drugs and bullets, as well as the bodies of a rock star and his entourage. Murders multiply and the lone lead is but a rumor: the ""Lost Tapes"" of a famous band, which more characters than the honest Travis are after.