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Rick Riordan, triple-crown winner of the Edgar, Anthony , and Shamus Awards , brings his fast-talking, hard-living, Texas-hip P.I. Tres Navarre to the heart of the Lone Star State--Austin--to unravel a case so dark, twisted, and deadly, it can only involve family.... Tres Navarre, the P.I.... read more
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Summary edit
When his brother Garrett, a wheelchair-bound computer genius, is accused of killing his oldest friend, Texas private detective and English teacher Tres Navarre ventures into a world of high-tech evil to find the real killer.
Characters/People edit
- Tres Navarre: private detective and English teacher; Garrett's younger brother.
- Garrett Navarre: wheelchair-bound computer genius; Jimmy Buffet fanatic.
- Jimmy Doebler: Garrett's longtime friend and business partner.
- Ruby McBride: owns Techsan Security Software with Jimmy and Garrett; briefly married to Jimmy.
- Matthew Pena: investment banker who orchestrates buyouts and provides venture capital for high-tech start-ups; his hobby is scuba diving; called the "Terror of the Deep" by his business adversaries.
- Clyde Simms: Ruby's loyal friend who works at her marina.
- Maia Lee: Tres's former employer and girlfriend; lives in San Francisco.
Quotes edit
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“San Antonio and Austin are like estranged siblings. San Antonio would be the sister who stayed home, took care of the elderly parents, made tortillas by hand in the kitchen wore cotton dresses until the colors faded. She's the big-boned one -- handsome but unadorned, given to long afternoon siestas. Austin is the sister who went away to college, discovered rock 'n' roll, and dyed her hair purple. She's the one my mother would've warned me about, if my mother hadn't been an ex-hippie.”
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“I felt like I was talking to my brother, which suddenly made me realize why Garrett got along with bikers so well. For both, conversation is like spinning wheels in gravel. It doesn't matter if you get anywhere, as long as you make noise and shoot out a bunch of rocks.”
Tres Navarre
First Sentence edit
The first time I knew I would kill?
Series & Lists edit
This is book 4 of 7 in Tres Navarre. (standard series)
Preceded by The Last King of Texas, and followed by Southtown.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Rick Riordan (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Bantam Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2001
ISBN: 0553110977
Page Count: 336
Publisher: Bantam Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2001
ISBN: 0553110977
Page Count: 336
Awards edit
- Shamus Award (Finalist, 2002: Best Hardcover P.I. Novel)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
Subjects edit
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