The Mexican Tree Duck

WINNER OF THE DASHIELL HAMMETT AWARD. One night up in Montana C.W. Sughrue sets his seedy bars pricey jukebox in front of an oncoming freight train. When predictable results ensue he needs to find a way to make some money and pay back the jukebox company. So even though Sughrues officially retired from P.I. work he picks up one small-time case involving some kidnapped fish. That fishy trail leads to a much bigger case involving a Texas politician''s kidnapped wife a valuable piece of pre-Columbian pottery and a single mother who packs guns and stolen goods in her infant son''s diaper bag.