The Peter Ord Yarns

The Peter Ord Yarns
Author: Paul D. Brazill
Publisher: Next Chapter
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2023-07-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Both books in Paul D. Brazill's 'The Peter Ord Yarns', now available in one volume! Gumshoe Blues: After a divorce, Peter Ord decides to turn his life around and becomes a private detective. But with his constant drinking and questionable decision-making skills, his new career quickly takes a turn for the worse. Trying to solve challenging cases and keep up with his boozy sidekick Bryn Laden, Peter soon finds himself on the wrong side of a local crime lord's radar. Seatown Blues: Peter Ord returns to his hometown, hoping to start fresh, but it doesn't take long for him to fall back into his old habits. Hanging out with a group of lowlifes and getting involved in criminal activities, Peter navigates the seedy underbelly of his hometown. Along the way, he encounters a cast of offbeat characters, each with their own quirks and secrets.

Gumshoe Blues

Gumshoe Blues
Author: Paul D. Brazill
Publisher: Next Chapter
Total Pages: 97
Release: 2023-05-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

After a messy divorce, Peter Ord decides to turn his life around and become a private investigator. But with his constant drinking and questionable decision-making skills, his new career quickly turns into a dark farce filled with tragicomedy. As he takes on challenging cases and tries to keep up with his boozy sidekick Bryn Laden, Peter finds himself on the wrong side of a local crime lord's radar. Failure is not an option, but with Peter's track record, it seems to be a foregone conclusion. Get ready for a wild ride with Peter Ord and his misadventures as a private eye. "Dark, witty, farcical, and thoroughly entertaining." -Barbara F. Jones, Storgy Books

Strange Fruit

Strange Fruit
Author: David Margolick
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2001-01-23
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0060959568

Recorded by jazz legend Billie Holiday in 1939, "Strange Fruit" is considered to be the first significant song of the civil rights movement and the first direct musical assault upon racial lynchings in the South. Originally sung in New York's Cafe Society, these revolutionary lyrics take on a life of their own in this revealing account of the song and the struggle it personified. Strange Fruit not only chronicles the civil rights movement from the '30s on, it examines the lives of the beleaguered Billie Holiday and Abel Meeropol, the white Jewish schoolteacher and communist sympathizer who wrote the song that would have an impact on generations of fans, black and white, unknown and famous, including performers Lena Horne, Eartha Kitt, and Sting.