Synopsis
Nick and Bridget are off to the Amazon with the Rock Against Drugs tour in Two to Tango Journalist Nick Madrid finds himself up the proverbial creek - the Amazon - without a paddle when he's dispatched to South America to report on the Rock Against Drugs tour. As if monstrous spiders, piranhas, kidnapping, and tiny, spiky fish that swim up a stream of urine to lodge where a man least wants a tiny, spiky fish to lodge aren't enough, Madrid is drawn into the mystery of who is trying to kill the tour's headlining, larger-than-life, pain-in-the-posterior rock megastar Otis Barnes. Madrid soon discovers that the murdering queue forms on the left for Mr. Barnes. The question is: Can he prevent Barnes' date with death at the final concert at Machu Picchu? ''Guttridge's series is among the funniest and sharpest in the genre, with a level of intelligence often lacking in better-known fare.''? - Balitmore Sun ''The satire is spot on.... There's a pinch of Pratchett, a drop of Hiaasen, and a deep affection for the worst of Fleet Street, but the result is all Guttridge.'' - The Guardian
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About the Author
Peter Guttridge is the Royal Literary Fund Writing Fellow at Southampton University and teaches creative writing. Between 1998 and 2002 he was the director of the Brighton Literature Festival. Since 1998 he has been the mystery reviewer for The Observer,
From Booklist
Shortly after arriving in Colombia, British journalist Nick Madrid is kidnapped by ruthless guerrilla leader Ferdinand Porras. After escaping and hiding in a tree overnight, he is rescued by a mysterious group of soldiers, who then fade away. After the kidnapping ruins his Amazon vacation, Nick resumes his work schedule, covering the Rock against Drugs Tour, his main reason for being in South America. Funded by Peace International, the tour is headlined by Otis Barnes, former alcoholic and drug abuser in the midst of a massive comeback. Unfortunately, Otis is receiving death threats and seems to have fallen off the wagon. Are the threats from the powerful drug barons who want to squelch the message of the tour, or is the issue more personal? Nick tries to protect Otis and find the source of the threats while avoiding his former kidnappers. Nick's first-person account and self-deprecating humor move the story along, while the author paints a realistic portrait of daily life in Colombia and the eccentricities of the rock world. Sue O'Brien
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