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The King is Dead (Samantha Adams, Bk 5)
The King is Dead - Samantha Adams, Bk 5
Author: Sarah Shankman
While at a barbecue cookoff in Tupelo, Mississippi, the birthplace of Elvis, crime reporter Samantha Adams and her boyfriend Harry Zack encounter some eccentric southern mayhem.
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ISBN-13: 9780671734602
ISBN-10: 0671734601
Publication Date: 9/1/1993
Pages: 320
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  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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3.7 stars, based on 16 ratings
Publisher: Pocket
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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reviewed The King is Dead (Samantha Adams, Bk 5) on + 2 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
The King is Dead is a dark humored novel with an Elvis Impersonator and a murder. There are colorful characters along the way and a mystery to solve.. It is fun for light reading..
ocnsangel avatar reviewed The King is Dead (Samantha Adams, Bk 5) on + 224 more book reviews
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I loved this book zany southern mystery, the plot is good
the charactors Delightful, what a fun mystery thrill
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reviewed The King is Dead (Samantha Adams, Bk 5) on + 146 more book reviews
A rolllicking, rabelaisina saga, southern style.
reviewed The King is Dead (Samantha Adams, Bk 5) on + 35 more book reviews
This romp through the world of barbecue cookoffs is classic Shankman. Muliple characters (each well developed and as idiosyncratic as Sam Adams' American Weird book) come together in Tupelo, Mississipi for 'cue, money, revenge, and Elvis impersonators. Lots of fun!
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this is a samantha adams mystery.. she catches the dark, joyous, eccentricity of the american south.. a very good series.. this is number 5 in the series
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cute story line, involving Elvis bits and pieces if you are a Elvis fan this will be right up your alley.
punkinema avatar reviewed The King is Dead (Samantha Adams, Bk 5) on + 305 more book reviews
Sam and Harry have traveled to Tupelo, Mississippi for a barbecue cook-off. We also meet Mary Ann McClanahan who is seeking to meet the OTHER Ms. McClanahan and perhaps "get rid of her". Mary Ann gets run off the road by a tire flying off a semi-truck and she meets the driver, Dewey. Dewey is on a mission of his own. Wonderful characters in the book that Ms. Shankman develops and you don't want the book to end!
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From the back cover:
"Crime reporter Samantha Adams is working on a book called "American Weird" when her boyfriend, Harry Zack, persuades her to join him at a barbecue cookoff in Tupelo, Mississippi. As Harry puts it, the King's birthplace "ought to be lousy with weird." Besides, they're driving a genuine pink Cadillac...."


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