NATIONAL BESTSELLER âĸ A rollicking and hilarious novel from the bestselling author of Squeeze Me and âFloridaâs most entertainingly indignant social criticâ (New York Times Book Review).
Jack Taggerâs years in exile at the obituaries desk of a South Florida daily havenât dulled his investigative reporterâs nose for a good story. When Jimmy Stoma, the infamous front man of Jimmy and the Slut Puppies, dies in a fishy scuba accident, Jack sees his ticket back to page oneâif only he can figure out what really happened. Standing in his way are, just for starters, his ambitious young editor, who hasnât yet fired anyone but plans to âbreak her cherryâ on Jack; the rock starâs pop-singer widow, whoâs using the occasion of her husbandâs death to relaunch her own career; and the soulless, profit-hungry owner of the newspaper, whom Jack once publicly humiliated at a stockholdersâ meeting. Following clues from the late rock singerâs own music, Jack tries to unravel the lies surrounding Jimmy Stomaâs strange fate.