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| Author | Rick Riordan |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Mystery |
| Published | 1997 |
| Publisher | Bantam |
| Publication place | United States |
Big Red Tequila (Bantam, 1997) is the first novel inRick Riordan's Tres Navarre series and Riordan's first published book. It is a fast-paced crime story about an unusually talented and flawed hero, Jackson "Tres" Navarre, a third-generation Texan, who has a PhD from Berkeley in medieval studies and English, works as an unlicensed private investigator, and is atai chi master.
This novel won the Anthony Award for best original paperback and the Shamus Award for best First Private Investigator novel in 1997.[1]
After ten years in theSan Francisco Bay area, Tres Navarre returns home toSan Antonio,Texas, to investigate the unsolved murder of his father,Bexar CountySheriff Jackson Navarre, and to rekindle a romance with his high school sweetheart, local art gallery owner Lillian Cambridge. The more Tres looks into the unsolved crime, the more trouble comes his way, and the more plunged into danger he gets.
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