BOOK: Anonymous Rex

Anonymous Rex
Erik Garcia
as recommended by Mom


Very cute book I've heard described as "Men in Black, but dinosaurs." Its so very 40's detective novel and you can hear Garcia trying to talk like Bogart in your head as you read this. I'm glad he's writing another book, but I'm certain someone will try to make this into a movie as well. So I spent quite a bit of time trying to picture who I'd want to play the main character, Vincent Rubio...
Check it out.
NOTE: I recently baught this from Audible as well and I still love it. So, rest assured, the audio version is well worth the money.

"From Library Journal: Meet Vincent Rubio, the latest thing in hard-boiled private detectives. He's a dinosaur--it seems they're still among us, disguising themselves as humans. As a private eye, Rubio finds plenty of problems to solve, among them an arson case, the death of his partner, and the need to keep his true identity concealed. This book is as slug-nutty as they come--dinosaurs are known by the scents they exude and have trouble keeping their tails tucked in--but it does follow the time-honored formula for crime-and-detection fiction: intricacy of plot, mystification, unexpectedness, and progress toward a solution. Readers who are willing to meet young newcomer Garcia on his own absurdist terms, who have an appreciation for nonsense, and who do not object to anthropomorphic romps should find this a provocative tease, but it will probably jar the sensibilities of hard-core detective fiction buffs who take their mysteries seriously. Try it if your readers like laughs with their crime. [Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 6/15/99.]
--A.J. Anderson, GSLIS, Simmons Coll., Boston Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information."