Fast Cars and Rock & Roll (A Deke Jones Romp)
by Michael Kayser
Here’s the set-up:
Deke Jones finally has a car ready to compete in the Conquistador—a short but grueling campaign covering racetracks all over the Southwest United States. He can’t wait to challenge the rich boys with their expensive toys, but complications begin stacking up on him before the first flag drops.
First, he is invited to join Stormin’ Norman’s new rock band for a whirlwind tour. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to play with a musical genius and he can’t let it pass…but it’s scheduled for the very week he needs for last minute wrenching so his car can make the Conquistador’s tech inspection.
Next, he gets tangled up with beautiful bad girl Lena Castillo, just when he was patching things up with a local débutante he lost touch with after high school. Lena has a deadly superpower: the ability to turn any man stupid—and Deke Jones is no exception.
Jones also crosses paths with five-time Conquistador champ Bob Tilford, and there’s bad blood between them from the starting gun. It was going to be challenging enough racing against Tilford with his big-time sponsors, high-dollar mechanic and world-class GT car, but Tilford also has tremendous influence over race officials he doesn’t hesitate to use in his grudge against Deke Jones. To keep it all interesting, Deke’s co-driver bails on him at the last minute, with no time to scrounge up a replacement.
Get your motor runnin’. Deke Jones is gonna close this summer out with a bang, one way or another.
Reviews:
“…This is American Grafetti 80’s style. If you want to read about life before unleaded gas, musicians that can’t play or sing and cars you can only work on with a computer, this is it. You want to learn why your Dad or Husband takes casual glances at scantily clad young women but damn near wrecks the mini van at the site of a muscle car while shouting specs that you can’t make heads nor tails of? This is the book for you.
Get lost in a delicious slice of Americana, read this book. ”
“Brand new book! Set in the 80’s, the days of my young adulthood, I could relate to both the cool muscle cars and the people/culture. The story is more surprising and deep then one might expect, and it was a good read from page one to the last!”
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