The Big Show Stopper Blog Tour: Reviews

Friday, December 17, 2010

Reviews

5 stars - A mystery that will be hard to put down

Made to look like an accident, no one bothers to seek a murderer. "The Big Show Stopper" is a mystery filled with unusual and offbeat characters surrounding the death of Brady Blackstone, a famed and popular concert performer. As two of his fans travel the country in search of the truth, they find quirks in every step of the law and find something quickly afoul with Brady's accident. "The Big Show Stopper" is a mystery that will be hard to put down.

- Midwest Book Review, December 3, 2010

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5 stars - Smashing fun

Another fantastic romp with Pinky and the Bear. While Pinky slimes his way through legal proceedings and women, Bear and Flo search the garden spots of California for the killer of America's top County/Pop/Rock star. The dialogue is snappy and the images painted by the author and disturbingly hilarious. I won't spoil the review with details, you just have to buy the book! Still love the separate voices of Pinky and the Bear intermingled throughout the book. Pinky's intellectual smarminess works so well opposite Bear's street smarts. Throw Flo's brash personality into the mix, and you've got a dynamic trio that may just kill each other before the job is done.

- Wendy D. Maxham, November 17, 2010

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Ken Dalton

Email:
ken@kendalton.com

Website:
KenDalton.com

KEN DALTON was born in 1938 at Hollywood Hospital. He grew up with his parents, his older sister, Pat, and younger brother, Richard in Los Angeles. The year 1938 informs the quick reader that Ken’s older than a lot of people, but younger than some.

In a turn of bad luck, the dreaded Polio virus found Ken.

At the end of World War ll, Ken’s family moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming for a year where he learned how to live through snow blizzards, avoid walking through the large pile of coal in the basement, and how to survive life as an Army Officer’s brat on a base called Fort Warren.

By the age of sixteen, after eleven years of operations, therapy, and braces, Ken’s luck changed dramatically when he met the girl of his dreams at a party. A few years later they married, produced three wonderful children, and settled into a happy life in Southern California.

In 1966, Ken, who worked as a technician for Pacific Bell, and his family left Southern California for the green hills of Sonoma County where they bought a home in Sebastopol surrounded with apple trees. A few years later, Ken and Arlene built a new home on three and a half acres. They raised cows, pigs, and learned how to build outstanding fences. While their children grew, they hosted two exchange students, Eva Reimers from Sweden, and Tanja Wuttke from Germany, both of whom are still loved members of the Dalton clan. Also during those years, Ken was promoted to management at Pacific Bell. He eventually ended up responsible for all the central offices, sixty-three, in an area that covered five counties.

In 1977, Ken, Arlene, Bob Wiltermood, and his wife Norma, designed, built, and operated a 2000 case winery named Pommeraie Vineyards. They produced award winning Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay. However, after Bob died, the winery was sold. Ken and Arlene moved to a hilltop in Healdsburg.

With the winery gone, and time on their hands, Ken and Arlene started to perform with the Camp Rose Players. Twenty years and forty productions later, both are still acting and singing.

Life was good. All Ken had to do was learn some lines and bow when the audience applauded.

Then, ten years ago, Ken started to write. His first article was published in Golf Illustrated in August 1996. More golf articles followed in national and regional magazines including Golf Magazine and Fairways and Greens.

After a two-year stint on the County Grand Jury, Ken felt the need to begin his first novel.

Now, after a decade of struggle to learn the craft of writing, Ken has become the publishing world’s latest overnight sensation.

To Purchase Book

The Big Show Stopper
can be purchased at
Amazon.com or by special order at your local bookstore.

Price: $14.95

ISBN: 9780578054599

Pages: 296

Size: 5.5 x 8.5 paperback

Release: September 2010

Publisher: Different Drummer Press

eBook
Kindle - $4.99

Brady Blackstone, America's richest and favorite concert performer, dies in a tragic accident while Bear and Flo, along with thousands of northern Nevada's music lovers, look on in horror. However, before Bear can maneuver Flo back to their apartment to complete her birthday celebration, they stumble across a clue that makes them question if Brady's death was an accident.

In The Big Show Stopper, Pinky, a sleazy but successful defense attorney, and Bear, a street-wise ex bartender, mix madness with mayhem as you meet Brady's less than grieving widow-a trigger-happy Carson City Cop named Ice Conner-travel in first-class luxury with Pinky as he follows a questionable lead to an exotic location and suffer with Flo in Bear's old pick up while they drive to another of America's armpit locations where they discover Brady Blackstone's killer.