something more - The Enigmatologist by Ben Adams

"The whole tale is an insanely funny, rolicking groaner full of puns, snarks, memorabilia, and that life-sized velvet painting of Elvis naked![...] There really is a fine plot, and it is well written with believable, interesting characters, and all-too-clear visualization. Twisty!" - Goodreads, Jan

Description:

Published: April 30th, 2016

Twenty-something, John Abernathy is disillusioned. His job as a private investigator is unfulfilling, and he can’t find work in his chosen field, Enigmatology, the study and design of puzzles. He is about to quit when the National Enquirer calls. A woman in Las Vegas, New Mexico sent them a photo of someone who’s supposed to have died 35 years ago—Elvis Aaron Presley. And they need John to investigate it.

When the Elvis impersonator, Al Leadbelly, is murdered, John investigates, finding Air Force colonel, Alvin Hollister—convinced Leadbelly has information regarding Elvis's death—at the crime scene conducting his own investigation. John discovers great-great-great grandfather's journal—unearthing a conspiracy entwining Elvis, shape-shifting aliens, and Mary Todd Lincoln. When John finds Leadbelly, alive and wearing a sequined jumpsuit, John must help him escape before Colonel Hollister finds him, and discover if Leadbelly is really Elvis, an obsessed fan, or something more.

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About the author:

Ben Adams is a San Francisco Bay Area writer. His work has appeared in Everyday Weirdness. His one man show Rockabilly Sasquatch recently ended its historic forty-two year run at the McKinley Theater on Broadway in Prineville, Oregon, a feat made even more remarkable by that fact that Adams was born sixteen years after it opened. His show spawned the hit movie Rockabilly Sasquatch Goes to Mars, and the perennial Christmas special Rockabilly Sasquatch Saves Christmas. He is currently enrolled in Stanford's Novel Writing Program.

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