Cadaver Blues

When smoking-hot Mindy Eider walks into the office with a foreclosure notice directed to her elderly Uncle Gunnar, cynical debt man Phuoc Goldberg at first sees her as little more than the source of this month's rent payment. But Phu soon learns that Uncle Gunnar's problems run deeper and darker than the money he owes. The niece can't find him, suspicious characters lurk everywhere, and a sleazy bank has alarming designs on the old man's little house. Beguiled by Mindy's beauty and innocence-not to mention her breasts-Phu gets sucked further into playing detective with each passing unpaid hour, venturing from a small town near Wilmington, Delaware, to the snow-choked Pocono Mountains to dank mushroom farms closer to home. Before long he's seeking much more than debt relief for Mindy's wayward uncle. To everyone's surprise, the debt man won't end this fiasco looking for cash relief, but for cadavers.

A "memorable work, populated by fascinating characters." --Venture Galleries

"I loved this book.... If you like mysteries and humor, definitely give this one a try." --WiLoveBooks

"The story is well plotted and unfolds at a brisk pace." --The View from the Blue House

"If you like your detectives a bit screwy this makes for a nice little read. I for one, will be there for the second Phuoc Goldberg Fiasco." --Sons of Spade

A "fascinating cast of unique characters." --Crime Fiction Lover

"Cadaver Blues is a pulls-no-punches page turner that you'll devour in one sitting while wishing for just a few more rounds. --Vincent Zandri, bestselling author of The Remains and Blue Moonlight

"J.E. Fishman rocks it again with this new mystery introducing Phu Goldberg. Cadaver Blues makes you feel guilty for wanting to laugh in all the wrong places, and you can't help cheering on its reluctant hero." --Sandra Brannan, author of In the Belly of Jonah and Lot's Return to Sodom

J.E. Fishman is the Amazon-bestselling author of three nonfiction books and eight novels, including the Bomb Squad NYC series of police thrillers, the animal rights thriller Primacy, the financial thriller The Dark Pool, the wisecracking mystery Cadaver Blues, and, under the pen name Dana I. Wolff, the horror tale The Prisoner of Hell Gate. His latest book is the speculative novel We Once Were Giants.

A lifelong environmentalist, Fishman holds a Master of Environmental Studies degree and writes a Substack newsletter called Backyard Stewardship.