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Binding: Mass Market PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9780553579949 ISBN: 0553579940 Label: Bantam Manufacturer: Bantam Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 368 Publication Date: June 25, 2002 Publisher: Bantam Release Date: June 25, 2002 Studio: Bantam Related Items: Alternate Versions: Click to Display Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Amazon.com Review: Things are good for San Antonio middle-school teacher-cum-mystery author Rick Riordan--great, in fact. His first two outings featuring San Antonio PI and part-time English professor Tres Navarre (Big Red Tequila, The Widower's Two Step) scored Shamus, Anthony, and Edgar awards, and The Last King of Texas has been likened to the proverbial sliced bread. In The Devil Went Down to Austin, on the other hand, things stink for Tres Navarre. His paraplegic brother, Garrett, has surreptitiously mortgaged the brothers' Austin ranch to subsidize an Internet startup. One of Garrett's partners, Ruby McBride, has been making nice with a sleazy corporate-takeover maven, Matthew Peña, and Garrett's been violently feuding with his other partner and lifelong friend, Jimmy Doebler. As for Jimmy, his day started with his divorce from Ruby and ended with a shot to the head. Worse yet, Jimmy bought it in his Chevy pickup by his lakeside home, just feet away from a ranting, beach-sprawled Garrett. All that remains for Tres to do is exonerate his brother, find the real killer (whose clue-laden e-mails alternate with Tres's narrative, delivering Texas-sized creepiness), save the ranch, and with the help of Maia Lee, a beautiful lawyer from his past, untangle a skein of Doebler family murder, misery, and hurt. Witty, sharp as glass, and plotted as well as it's written, The Devil Went Down to Austin paints a high-tech Texas laced with treachery and tequila before a cranked-up Jimmy Buffett backdrop. Expect great things, because Riordan delivers. --Michael Hudson Product Description: Rick Riordan, triple-crown winner of the Edgar, Anthony, and Shamus Awards, brings his fast-talking, hard-living, Texas-hip P.I. Tres Navarre to the heart of the Lone Star State—Austin—to unravel a case so dark, twisted, and deadly, it can only involve family.... Tres Navarre, the P.I. with a Ph.D. in literature, heads to Austin for a laid-back summer teaching gig. But he’s in store for a whole lot more. His big brother Garrett--computer whiz, Jimmy Buffett fanatic, and all-around eccentric—is hoping to retire a multimillionaire by the fall. He’s bet his career and the Navarre family ranch to do it. Then Garrett’s oldest friend and business partner is murdered—and Garrett is the only suspect. As Tres delves into Garrett’s bizarre world to find the truth behind the murder, he comes face to face with the damaged relationships, violent lives, and billion-dollar schemes of a high-tech world gone haywire. Connecting them all is beautiful Lake Travis and the shocking secret that lies within its depths. Now, as Tres struggles with his own troubled family past and to clear his brother’s name, he finds himself stalked by a cold-blooded killer—one who could spell the death of both Navarres. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Jimmy Buffet meets Charlie DanielsI've read all of Rick Riordan's young adult fiction books -The Lightning Thief, The Sea of Monsters, The Titan's Curse - and so when I recently came across this one I just had to take a look. This is a fast paced whodunit thriller that will keep you guessing until the last chapters, and even though you'll probably figure out the killer before the end, the author still has one or two tricks up his sleeve for the grand finale. Tres Navarre is a PI who knows his literature and enjoys spending ... Read More Rating:  - Sluggishly Developing Plot Delivers Final SurpriseThe Devil Went Down to Austin unfolds almost as sluggishly as a humid August day in Central Texas. When Jimmy Doebler is shot after a night of drinking and arguing with his business partner, Garrett Navarre, suspicion immediately falls upon Garrett. Younger brother Tres Navarre must overcome police hostility and still find time to teach his literature classes as he seeks to prove Garrett's innocence. Although the police seem oblivious, all clues seem to point to slimy corporate raider Matthew Pena. ... Read More Rating:  - There is Evil Afoot, Danger tooSometime PI, sometime college professor Tres Navarre thinks he's going to have a calm summer teaching at that the University of Texas in Austin, however even before he gets there he's informed by the family banker that the bank is about to foreclose on the family ranch, where he'd planned on staying with his wheelchair bound brother Garrett. Tres is shocked, he can't believe his brother has borrowed money against the ranch. But borrow he did, as Garrett, his best pal Jimmy Dobler and Dobler's ... Read More Rating: - A Texas whodunnitRick Riordan's 'The Devil Went Down to Austin' is a fun little murder mystery, starring PI-cum-lit-prof Tres Nevarre. This isn't the most thought-provoking novel that you'll read this year. But it's a quick and enjoyable whodunnit, with enough plot twists and entertaining characters inside to keep you breezing through the pages. Riordan does a good job of explaining the good guys' and the bad guys' motives. And you'll probably be surprised by the unexpected revelations at the end. 'The Devil Went Down ... Read More Rating: - Unfair reviewTres Navarre is a private eye and English professor. His legless brother, Garrett, mortgages the family ranch to start up a software company in Austin, Texas. A dastardly take-over jackal tries to buy Garrett out for a mere three million and sabotages his new program when he refuses. Then Garrett is framed for the murder of one of his partners. There are suspense-laden scuba sequences. The real killer interpolates commentary into the text. It is a well-written and ingeniously plotted page-turner and I ... Read More 
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