Bubba Mabry gets caught between the Religious Right and the hookers of East Central Avenue in this hilarious second outing for the bumbling private eye from Albuquerque, NM. Bubba is in way over his head when a deadly pimp hires him to investigate the murders of several prostitutes. Then preachers and politicians get into the mix! PRAISE FOR BABY FACE"Steve Brewer has proved that 'Lonely Street' was no fluke. In Bubba Mabry's second outing, the reluctant sleuth is just as outrageous, appealing, and amusing!"—Jerome Doolittle, author of 'Half Nelson' AND PRAISE FOR STEVE BREWER'S FIRST BUBBA MABRY MYSTERY, 'LONELY STREET'"Brewer gives a fast-paced and witty look at how it might be if America's No. 1 celebrity really were alive. . . ."—Edgar-winning author Tony Hillerman "A murder mystery filled with Albuquerque color . . . and offbeat characters anyone will enjoy."—Ollie Reed Jr., Albuquerque Tribune "The story moves smoothly, and there are some good descriptions of New Mexico's largest city, especially its seedy Central Avenue."—Marvin Lachman, The Armchair Detective "Drolly entertaining and just a little poignant. Loopy characters and the presence of the King beguile."—Jan Cottingham, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

It's hard to investigate a women-only commune when you're a man. But then, nothing ever comes easy for "soft-boiled" private eye Bubba Mabry. Bubba thinks his gravy train has finally come in when he's hired by the Ogletroops, publishers of the Albuquerque Gazette, to spirit daughter Margaret out of a New Age commune called WOMB. But he's saddled with an unwanted partner, zealous cult deprogrammer Purvis Reasons. Rescuing Margaret isn't enough for Purvis. He wants to save her soul, and maybe Bubba's, too, while he's at it. Bubba soon finds himself traipsing around the forest outside Taos, New Mexico, trying to sneak peeks at the skinny-dipping WOMBsters, with prayerful Purvis at his heels. But when murder strikes at WOMB, Bubba is elevated from simple trespasser to number one suspect. Bubba has suspects of his own. Could the murderer be Luna, the earthy witch who controls WOMB? Could it be the stranger in the rattling truck who tried to run Bubba down? Or how about the fervent Purvis? It isn't long before Bubba's girlfriend, Gazette reporter Felicia Quattlebaum, arrives in Taos to help him investigate. Just what he doesn't need.