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- Where is Joe Merchant? by Jimmy Buffet
- Fleeing the creditors who own his plane, Frank Bama heads for Cuba, where he meets up with an heiress to a hemorrhoid-ointment fortune and investigates the disappearance of her rock-star brother.
- Anything Goes by Madison Smartt Bell
- Music and his ability to play the guitar allow twenty-year-old Jesse to escape from his dysfunctional family life by forming a band, called Anything Goes, that embark on a year-long tour across the South, building confidence in his abilities and coming to terms with where is from and where he is going.
- Tender by Mark Childress
- Leroy Kirby, an Elvis-like singer and musician from Mississippi, transforms himself from a guitar-playing redneck into a rock-'n-roll legend, moving from recording sessions and appearances on Ed Sullivan to wild nights in the fast lane of the recording industry.
- Elvis, Jesus & Coca Cola by Kinky Friedman
- An ex-girlfriend vanishes, a documentary-in-progress disappears, the screenwriter working on it overdoses, and Kinky Friedman is on the case, in an irreverent, unpredictable new mystery by the writer-musician.
- Deader than Disco by David Hiltbrand
- Private detective Jim McNamara launches his own investigation when the corpse of a rising NBA star is discovered at the L.A. pleasure palace of rock diva Angela "Angel" Chiavone.
- Getting over Jack Wagner by Elise Juska
- Frustrated after yet another failed "rock star" relationship, Eliza finds her life falling apart, thanks to a bad career move, a disastrous blind date, the news of her best friend's engagement, and her married sister's pregnancy, and retreats to her apartment for a self-induced hibernation and reevaluation of her life, personal identity, and love.
- Big Rock Beat by Greg Kihn
- In 1967, ten years after he had filmed the cult horror classic "Cadaver," director Landis Woodley is shooting a rock-and-roll movie in which an agreement to accept financing in return for the inclusion of James Dean's death car turns out to be deadly.
- Blue Suede Clues by Daniel Klein
- An entertaining mystery set in 1963 follows Elvis Presley, who has just finished filming Kissin' Cousins, as he puts his career and life on hold when an old army buddy is wrongly accused of murdering a Hollywood starlet, forcing Elvis to team up with a down-and-out Hollywood lawyer to clear his friend's name as well as his own.
- Viva Las Vengeance by Daniel Klein
- In the wake of a pair of tourist murders in Las Vegas, rumors begin about a comedian's deadly gags, a hotel and casino war, and feuding wedding chapels, prompting a rest-seeking Elvis Presley to become reluctantly involved in a case that is complicated by his budding romance with a beautiful commune dancer.
- Biggest Elvis by P.F. Kluge
- A trio of Elvis impersonators find their act incredibly popular on the Olongapo naval base in the Phillipines, but their largest member, who also enjoys the most notoriety, senses something threatening is on the horizon.
- Oh My Stars by Lorna Landvik
- In a novel set during the early days of rock 'n roll, the life of Violet Mathers, a down-and-out woman, becomes embroiled with that of a handsome musical pioneer.
- Wando Passo by David Payne
- Returning home to his roots after inheriting a South Carolina rice plantation, a down-on-his-luck rock musician stumbles upon a voodou pot buried in the garden, a discovery that leads him back more than a century to the story of an illicit, interacial love affair set during the final days of the Civil War.
- Never Mind the Pollacks by NeAl Pollack
- A satirical parody of the history of rock and its journalism follows the evolution of such genres as blues and punk while citing the factors, over-education, beliefs, sellouts, and egos that contributed to its most notable events.
- The King is Dead by Sarah Shankman
- While in Tupelo, Mississippi--home town of Elvis Presley--researching a book, Samantha Adams becomes involved in a murder investigation. By the author of Now Let's Talk of Graves.
- Glimpses by Lewis Shiner
- While trying to cope with the recent loss of his father and the emptiness of his marriage, Ray Shackleford "recreates" wonderful rock-and-roll recording sessions that never happened.
- Say Goodbye: the Laurie Moss Story by Lewis shiner
- A moving and evocative look inside the world of rock and roll follows Laurie Moss as she leaves her native Texas in 1994 seeking stardom in California, where she struggles against the rampant sexism and cruelty of the music business.
- The Rich Man's Table by Scott Spencer
- Obsessed with the father, a famous folk singer, who refused to acknowledge him, Billy Rothschild becomes his father's biographer, eulogist, and judge, immersing himself in the culture of the sixties and seventies, the period of his father's ascendence.
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