Bob Calverley: 2 books

Purple Sunshine meshes the Vietnam War with a thriller and a love story. Before he’s drafted, Jimmy “Purple” Hayes’ psychedelic band was on the cusp of success: getting paid, getting laid and getting high. Home on leave, he’s playing blues at Clyde Bonaventure’s illegal after hours Detroit...

Rick Short is short. His life’s a mess. Hana, his long gone, much taller girlfriend, has suddenly returned. And carrying dangerous baggage. Did she dump him? Find somebody richer and taller? What about those scars? Then Rick finds a young woman’s body in the Dunbar University swimming pool. Drowned...