Big Numbers (An Austin Carr Mystery) - Softcover

Getze, Jack

Softcover

ISBN 10: 193749554X ISBN 13: 9781937495541

Publisher: Down & Out Books, 2013

Synopsis

Divorced dad Austin Carr wakes up every day in a beat-up camper, parked on someone else’s private property. Why? Because his alimony and child support payments were established by New Jersey’s family court system when his income was double, and for the last two years he has failed to earn the legally mandated monthly nut.

He’s had his savings drained, his Maxima repossessed, his salary attached, and his visiting rights suspended.

He bought the twelve-year-old Chevy pick-up with the rusty camper for $800 last month because another landlord tossed his butt in the street. Will stretching the rules, his own morals, and the boundaries of common sense raise the cash needed to get his kids back? Or will his big mouth and bad behavior set him up for a nasty double-cross?

See if Austin can redeem himself and win back his children.

"Darkly comic, with an engaging protagonist."
-- T.J. MacGregor, Edgar Winner, Author of The Tango Key Mysteries

"Big Numbers is a gritty, sexy, violent, and funny book."
-- Liz Clifford at Reviewed by Liz

About this title

From the Author

Once upon a time, author Getze let the character Austin Carr interview him.Austin: Do you make a lot of mistakes?The author: At least one bad error a day. Agreeing to let you ask me questions was obviously today's.A: Did you tell Dru BIG NUMBERS is not exactly a cozy?T. I sent her a copy.A. That's not the same thing. Maybe you'd better describe the parts of BIG NUMBERS that stick out a little from that cozy mold. Ha ha.T. The three sex scenes are played for laughs - and short, like my real life. People actually die on the page, but the violence is minimal and not gory. There are a handful of four-letter words scattered throughout because I refuse to have a low-life criminal say, "Oh, fudge." It's almost a cozy.A. Almost a cozy? Are you kidding me? Your old book description on Amazon says, "Root for divorced dad Austin Carr, a lovable, oversexed scamp who'll use anything and everything to get his kids back. Think Bugs Bunny with guns and a penis."T. That's been changed now. Jeez. I'm so glad I agreed to this interview. You're killing me, Austin. Killing me! But honestly, you're the one who's always thinking about sex, making suggestive remarks, falling in love with every redhead you meet. Why can't you grow up?A. Me? You're the one who writes this stuff. I'm a fictional character!T. OK, that's it. I'm out of here.

About the Author

Former newsman Jack Getze is Fiction Editor for Anthony-nominated Spinetingler Magazine, one of the internet's oldest websites for crime, suspense and horror short stories. His award-winning Austin Carr mystery series is published by Down & Out Books. The latest, BIG SHOES, won Deadly Ink's David Award for Best Mystery of 2015. His short fiction has appeared in A Twist of Noir, Beat to a Pulp, The Big Adios and several anthologies.

About this edition

• Publisher: Down & Out Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 193749554X
• ISBN 13: 9781937495541
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 204