Baby, Would I Lie, Donald E. Westlake
Baby, Would I Lie, Donald E. Westlake
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Baby, Would I Lie

Author: Donald E. Westlake

Narrator: Donald E. Westlake

Unabridged: 7 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 02/08/2008


Synopsis

Intrepid reporter Sara Joslyn, having escaped the clutches of the supermarket tabloid Weekly Galaxy, is finally going to be allowed to practice "clean journalism." Unfortunately, intrepid editor Jack Ingersoll has other plans, assigning her to a gory sex-murder trial in Branson, Missouri, home to more country stars than there are in the heavens.While delving into the muck, rake in hand, Sara runs into her old comrades from the Galaxy - Binx Radwell, Boy Cartwright, and the Down Under Trio among them. At the eye of this journalistic cyclone is country musician Ray Jones; is he guilty of the grisly murder, and what else is he up to, if anything?The lyrics to eleven Ray Jones hits are sprinkled throughout the novel and are an important accompaniment to the proceedings, if only Sara and Jack can keep their fingers out of their ears long enough to hear it....

About Donald E. Westlake

Donald E. Westlake, the winner of three Edgar Awards and a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master, died on New Year's Eve, 2008. He was 75.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mike

An interesting little tale from Donald E Westlake in which he manages to take aim at and skewer tabloid journalists in particular, country music and its fans in general, and, to a lesser extent, small town justice. The story goes something like this: In the bustling down-home entertainment mecca of......more

Goodreads review by Larry

This is a charming comic crime novel of the sort that Westlake is the master. The descriptions and the characters are vivid. The protagonists are sympathetic. All the clues are laid out early on that various characters are pursuing their own deep agendas, with a twist just a dozen pages from the end......more

Goodreads review by Brenda

Delightful.......more