NATIONAL BESTSELLER â?˘ A rollicking and hilarious novel from the bestselling author of Squeeze Me and â??Floridaâ??s most entertainingly indignant social criticâ? (New York Times Book Review).

Jack Taggerâ??s years in exile at the obituaries desk of a South Florida daily havenâ??t dulled his investigative reporterâ??s nose for a good story. When Jimmy Stoma, the infamous front man of Jimmy and the Slut Puppies, dies in a fishy scuba accident, Jack sees his ticket back to page oneâ??if only he can figure out what really happened. Standing in his way are, just for starters, his ambitious young editor, who hasnâ??t yet fired anyone but plans to â??break her cherryâ? on Jack; the rock starâ??s pop-singer widow, whoâ??s using the occasion of her husbandâ??s death to relaunch her own career; and the soulless, profit-hungry owner of the newspaper, whom Jack once publicly humiliated at a stockholdersâ?? meeting. Following clues from the late rock singerâ??s own music, Jack tries to unravel the lies surrounding… (more)