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The Keys To The Car

by Robert P. Robertson

315 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #03-0149; ISBN 1-55395-786-5; US$26.00, C$29.95, EUR21.50, £15.00

The Keys To The Car is a dark, detective-comedy. It is the story of Shelby Clark, a hip, New Orleans disc-jockey whose radio-station, WHLD, is holding a contest. The listeners of the radio-station are to find the keys to a brand new Infiniti Q-30! However, the disc-jockey sees something no one is supposed to see, and it sets off five comedic attempts on his life. He hires a private detective, J. Coltrane Calhoun, to find out who is trying to kill him. The Keys To The Car is a hip-hop explosion!

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About the Book In 1999, the charming, vibrant, old French city of New Orleans began to sag under the weight of a highly organized drug-trade, rampant crime, and police-corruption. These ugly blemishes earned the historic city another distinction: "The Murder Capitol of America!" The city's most-listened to radio-station, WHLD, is holding a ratings contest. Its listeners are given five clues to find five keys in five historic locations around the city to win the keys to a 2000 Infiniti Q-30 automobile! The station's top disc-jockey, Shelby Clark, is chosen to hide the keys. While announcing the rules of the contest, the disc-jockey sees something no one is supposed to see. That morning, he finds out that someone was murdered! Reluctantly, the disc-jockey goes to the policw with his information. Each time the disc-jockey hides a key, the next day he finds out that someone has turned up dead in the location! Everyone he talks to about it thinks he's suffering from exhaustion or he's spinning too many hits! ... Then, after he's attacked in a memorial park, the disc-jockey realizes he's on somebody's hit-parade! Going to the police, they tell him they can't help him. To find out who is trying to kill him, the disc-jockey hires private detective J. Coltrane Calhoun to investigate the crimes... The KEYS TO THE CAR is a hip-hop explosion! So, hold on to your hats for a fun ride through the historic streets of The Big Easy!

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About the Author

Robert P. Robertson is a lifelong New Orleanian. He is a former journalist, educator, and an award-winning poet. THE KEYS TO THE CAR is his first published novel. It is the first in the hilarious J. Coltrane detective-mystery novels followed by Acey Deucy and then That Hoo-Doo You Do!. Who Shot the La-La?, Roberton's historical mystery novel, is also available through Trafford Publishing.

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