Cause of Death: Rock and Roll A novel by Big Boy Pete 2026 - Stark House Press
Join Duke in his quest to discover the cause of death: Rock and Roll… Rock and Roll bad boy, Duke DeLuxe and his band are offered the opening spot on the Rolling Stones’ 1965 American tour. Duke is unknowingly drawn into deadly a drug smuggling operation, complicated by an unseen black widow, a torrid love triangle, and a conniving road manager who is using him as a pawn for an unknown and even more sinister agenda - an assassination plot by dark forces within the U.S. government against a key warmonger. This novel is a backstage pass to a wild cliffhanging trip on a real rock and roll tour. As each new day on tour descends farther into a thickening mire of new challenges and terror-filled madness, Duke finds himself desperately struggling to extricate himself from the tragic enigma. When he learns of the inexplicable deaths of two crew members, and the terrifying possibility that the killer is on the tour bus, Duke is faced with a life altering choice - let the dark forces win…or stand and fight like hell.

BOOK REVIEWS:

BMC&CC Book Review— July 2026

Join Duke DeLuxe, his manager and his eccentric band of misfits as they travel the roads of American in search for Rock and Roll, drugs, sex and murder.

Author Peter Miller (Big Boy Pete) and Stark House Press present the sequel (of sorts) to The Ice Cream Man where readers first met Duke DeLuxe and his entourage with Cause of Death: Rock and Roll.

Have you ever read a novel that catches you completely by surprise? I went into Cause Of Death: Rock and Roll with a little bit of an attitude. I was expecting a novel about murder intermingled with the world of Rock and Roll. It is that and so much more.

The main character Duke DeLuxe is quite unlike any other ‘hero’ I have read about. The man is definitely strange, a little creepy and a totally original literary character.

The book has so many twists and turns, unexpected events, location changes, unusual encounters and so much more that it boggles the mind.

The novel contains elements of spy thriller, crime, mystery, intrigue, romance and edgy semi-horror all in one package. It’s hard to wrap your brain around.

It’s an unsettling, intriguing, sense-jarring and thought-provoking work that delivers on so many fronts.

I was barely into the book and already was hooked by Duke’s bizarre behavior, strange and disturbing past, weird encounters and tight-rope walk between saint and sinner.

It’s Rock and Roll all right. It’s a rock clobbering your senses and a roll down a slippery sloop rattling your brain and causing you to question societal conventions and encountering a strikingly different outlook on life.

The author has the knack for describing things so vividly that you can almost feel, taste, smell, hear and experience every location and event.

Duke delivers!