Newport Blues, A Salesman's Lament

When Jonesy Jones, lone salesman for a small import gift business, drops dead, Sidney Lister, a ground-down ex-salesman, fills the dead man's shoes. He makes a sales run down the Oregon Coast, announcing Jonesy's demise as he goes; reactions are often bizarre. He is also being hunted by a man from his past who wants him dead. Sidney is making one last grasp for life's brass ring and hoping to live to enjoy it.

Reader blurbs for Newport Blues, A Salesman's Lament

"Newport Blues is a real page-turner. Kept me up until the wee hours so I could finish reading. Lots of fun, with a twist ending." —Jerry Weigler, Portland, OR

"Newport Blues was hard to put down. I found myself reading until two in the morning. I felt like I was there while it was all happening. You feel the rain and hear it and the wind. I didn't want to put it down and not know what happens next. We are taken on a long journey to find out what happens and it sure isn't what you think." —Linda Salmon, Clatskanie, OR

"The book's is real page-turner - read till way past midnight. Then finished it the next afternoon." —Martin Doerfler, Salem, OR

"Newport Blues is engrossing. I especially liked the way that the many different characters entered as the story moved down the coast. They all seemed like the type of people one would encounter and the interactions and conversations were very real. Once I started the book I had trouble putting it down—I wanted to keep on reading. It kept me going right through the epilogue." —Ted Nelson, Portland, OR

"Newport Blues, A Salesman's Lament is terrific. The characters are very rich and deep, and every sentence seems so well thought out...it's fantastic." —Alex McIntosh, Portland, OR

"I just finished reading Newport Blues. It is a page-turner to the end. Sidney Lister's trip down the Oregon coast was exciting to say the least." —Joan Penner, Kansas City, MO

"This is a page-turner, with intriguing twists and turns...a sales-person's journey I wouldn't want to take. Or would I?" —Don Smith, Portland, OR