The Mexican Tree Duck parent’s guide: what’s inside
Medium confidence
LGBTQ+ themes
Unsure
What it offers
A note for parents
This is an adult crime noir novel featuring a private investigator in morally ambiguous situations. While not graphically violent, it contains the standard hard-boiled detective fiction elements: drinking, profanity, criminal activity, and tough situations. The tone is cynical rather than celebratory of its darker elements, but the content is clearly adult-oriented and not suitable for younger readers.
WINNER OF THE DASHIELL HAMMETT AWARD One night up in Montana, C.W. Sughrue sets his seedy bar’s pricey jukebox in front of an oncoming freight train. When predictable results ensue, he needs to find a way to make some money and pay back the jukebox company. So even though Sughrue’s officially retired from P.I. work, he...WINNER OF THE DASHIELL HAMMETT AWARD One night up in Montana, C.W. Sughrue sets his seedy bar’s pricey jukebox in front of an oncoming freight train. When predictable results ensue, he needs to find a way to make some money and pay back the jukebox company. So even though Sughrue’s officially retired from P.I. work, he picks up one small-time case involving some kidnapped fish. That fishy trail leads to a much bigger case involving a Texas politician's kidnapped wife, a valuable piece of pre-Columbian pottery, and a single mother who packs guns and stolen goods in her infant son's diaper bag.
