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The Blue Jay Cafe
When Utah Sheriff Bud Shumway finds out that his friend Howie, who’s also the town’s mayor, has just sold his drive-in, he knows things are changing in his little town of Green River, and not necessarily for the best. And when he’s banned from the new cafe, he’s left with a hollow feeling in his stomach and not sure what to do next.
But when his wife, Wilma Jean, also sells her cafe, and to a supposed serial killer, Bud soon realizes that his quiet life may be coming to an end, both figuratively and even possibly literally. And to make things worse, Wilma Jean, who’s a pilot, has been seen dumping a body at a remote airstrip, with Howie’s wife Maureen helping. Could they be in cahoots with the man called the Cafe Killer? And are they responsible for a second body found at another remote airstrip?
As if all this wasn’t enough, Mayor Howie has accused Bud’s new photo book of attracting strange people to their little town, which makes Bud almost eager to leave Green River and move to Price, the town of his childhood, where his wife has acquired a fixer-upper.
Backcountry pilots, a watermelon drop, strange notes from the mysterious W.E.B., a photographer/pilot who can’t see, a Peeping Tom at Howie’s old drive-in, mysterious mule tracks, Got Watermelon buttons, and a divorcee with a romantic interest in Bud, and who could ask for more intrigue and adventure in the untrammeled wilds of Utah’s San Rafael Swell?
And the real question is, will Bud let his childhood memories lead him astray?
This is book #20 in the Bud Shumway Mystery Series.
But when his wife, Wilma Jean, also sells her cafe, and to a supposed serial killer, Bud soon realizes that his quiet life may be coming to an end, both figuratively and even possibly literally. And to make things worse, Wilma Jean, who’s a pilot, has been seen dumping a body at a remote airstrip, with Howie’s wife Maureen helping. Could they be in cahoots with the man called the Cafe Killer? And are they responsible for a second body found at another remote airstrip?
As if all this wasn’t enough, Mayor Howie has accused Bud’s new photo book of attracting strange people to their little town, which makes Bud almost eager to leave Green River and move to Price, the town of his childhood, where his wife has acquired a fixer-upper.
Backcountry pilots, a watermelon drop, strange notes from the mysterious W.E.B., a photographer/pilot who can’t see, a Peeping Tom at Howie’s old drive-in, mysterious mule tracks, Got Watermelon buttons, and a divorcee with a romantic interest in Bud, and who could ask for more intrigue and adventure in the untrammeled wilds of Utah’s San Rafael Swell?
And the real question is, will Bud let his childhood memories lead him astray?
This is book #20 in the Bud Shumway Mystery Series.
220 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 7, 2024
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November 13, 2024
Don't leave Green River
These books just keep getting better. I hope there are more to come. Do your self a favor, read the books, visit the town.
These books just keep getting better. I hope there are more to come. Do your self a favor, read the books, visit the town.
October 10, 2025
Wonderful book
This is the twentieth Bud Shumway book. I love them all! I love the setting, the characters, especially Bud and the mysteries.
This is the twentieth Bud Shumway book. I love them all! I love the setting, the characters, especially Bud and the mysteries.
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