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Armadillos and Old Lace (Paperback)

by Kinky Friedman (Author)
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  • Paperback: 176 pages
  • Publisher: Faber and Faber; New edition edition (6 May 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0571174620
  • ISBN-13: 978-0571174621
  • Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11 x 1.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 202,761 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A story featuring the foul-mouthed Kinky Friedman, ace private eye. Little old ladies are dropping dead at an alarming rate in the vicinity of the family's ranch/summer camp in Texas, and Kinky is asked to investigate. A faded photograph of ten pretty girls is just the clue he needs.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Kinky does it again!, 10 Oct 2000
By David Jones (The Wild West Midlands, England, UK) - See all my reviews
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True to form, Kinky's sleuthing talents are needed, this time back in Texas by the local judge. Several old ladies have been killed, in a variety of ways, and the Kinkster sets out to prove that they were murdered. Once more, he's upset the local sherriff (what a talent he has!) and has to rely on a new variety of oddball help, cryptic clues and a line of thinking that's out there where the buses don't run. His deadpan humour is as refined as ever, and makes this another must for fans of the Kinkster.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Crunchy on the Outside, Chewy on the Inside, 8 Jul 2004
By Craobh Rua "Craobh Rua" (N. Ireland) - See all my reviews
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"Armadillos and Old Lace" is Kinky's seventh novel and is his first to be set away from New York. Instead, the action takes place at 'home' - in and around Echo Hill Ranch, Texas. This means, of course, that Kinky must solve this mystery without the help of people like Ratso, Rambam and John McGovern - though he has brought the cat along with him. While the cat doesn't voice her opinion on their new home - a green trailer - it's obvious that she isn't impressed.

Kinky has, once again, cast himself as the PI hero and has continued to use family and friends as the book's supporting characters. Echo Hill Ranch was founded by his parents, Tom and Min, in the early 1950s. Min died in 1985, before the book was written - though Tom does appear and is always referred to by his first name. A summer camp is held on the ranch every year, and Kinky's sister, Marcie, appears as one of the camp counsellors. (It was Marcie's idea that Kinky should start writing mystery novels - I will be eternally grateful to her). Frances Kaiser, Kerr County's Sheriff, and Pat Knox, Kerrville's Justice of the Peace, also appear. The green trailer, Kinky's place of residence in this book, is where he wrote several of his early books. It's now (apparently) home to an armadillo, who presumably answers to the name of Dilly. Much use is also made of Dusty, his mother's old talking car. However, further comparisons with David Hasselhoff and KITT just don't stand up.

Though Kinky has returned home for a holiday, Pat Knox has other ideas. She contacts regarding hom the deaths of four old ladies who have died over the previous five months. Although the Sheriff, Frances Kaiser, has found nothing suspicious about any of them, Pat remains convinced they were murdered. She asks Kinky to look over her files and form an opinion - though he initially agrees with the Sheriff. However, his opinion starts to change when a fifth victim turns up - with her lips sewn shut.

This is the best of Kinky's books I've read to date - though, admittedly, I haven't read then all. He still delivers a fast-moving book, with more one-liners than you reasonably hope for, but it also has the benefit of a strong story. In addition, he writes with a strong sense of affection form the camp and the people who have helped out there over the years. His quips may not be to everyone's taste, but this is a book I thoroughly enjoyed.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars My first Kinky Friedman, 31 Jul 2006
By Lisa (Essex England) - See all my reviews
This was the first Friedman that I have read, it was given to me and is not my usual type of book. However, it was great fun to read and actually made me laugh out loud at one point. The result of the murder hunt at the end of the book hardly seemed to matter because the journey there was so amusing, which was just as well because it was a fairly lame ending. Very light weight, but after having read two heavy depressing books, it was good to be amused. I might even read another Kinky.
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