Bad Eye Blues

Wiley Moss #4

by Neal Barrett Jr.

An Idaho mobster kidnaps an insect illustrator Wiley Mass and asks him to paint tasteful poses of his eighteen livein beauties, but when hoods start dropping dead all around, Wiley must try to get out of Idaho in one piece. Reprint.

Genres: Mystery

352 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Neal Barrett, Jr. was a writer of fantasy, science fiction, mystery/suspense, and historical fiction. His story "Ginny Sweethips' Flying Circus" was nominated for both the 1988 Nebula Award for Best Novelette and the 1989 Hugo Award for Best Novelette.

Reviews

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mannnnn if the whole thing had been as good as the 1st few pp this woulda been an all timer. professional insect draw-er wiley moss, fresh off a dinner date w/ the lady who just discovered chas. lindbergh's petrified sandwich aboard the spirit of st louis, wakes on a bus in the company of 2 kidnappers inc a movie trivia buff. quel setup! there's a line i'm super jealous of re how you need a net bag of oranges to travel on a bus. genius. unhappily, much of the rest is wiley asking other chars (or other chars asking wiley) what's going on / why what's going on is going on -- which, it's a mystery, q's of that nature are obligatory, but you gotta, like, parcel out some revelations. give us some whys and wherefores to chaw on, not just the ASCII shrug guy at every turn. as is likely evident from review length this reader is nonetheless intrigued to check out more, esp hereafter gang which got big ups from joe lansdale