For other uses of Blue, see Blue (disambiguation).
Blue Squirrel – Mentioned in several In Death books, it was a joint, which put it on slippery step up from a dive. The light was dim, the clientele edgy, and the service pitiful; it offered private smoking booths and had a small, raised stage. Eve ordered a screamer when she went to see Mavis after Testing.[1] Mavis said that at the Blue Squirrel some drugs get passed around, but it was all minor league. Some happy pills, some calmers, a few mood patches. For twenty credits a customer could hook on mood enhancer goggles and treat themselves to lights and shapes that fit the music.[2] The music was loud, the tables small and rarely clean, and the air generally permeated with bad booze and stale Zoner.[3]
The afternoon crowd at the club was too bored to do much more than huddle over their drinks. Eve met Nadine at the Squirrel so that they could trade information in Naked in Death and Immortal in Death.[4][5]
A bar with no redeeming qualities; As joints went, there were worse, but not by much.[6] Eve used to go there a lot, as it was the place where Mavis began her singing career; it still holds some sentimental attachment for Eve.[6] The food and service were lousy. During the day it catered to a handful of surly regulars and the occasional lost soul who was foolish enough to think he could cop a cheap meal and a little action.
At night it was usually jammed with people who made the action and were tough enough or crazy enough to risk their lives for what passed for alcohol in such places. The proprietors weren’t willing to pay the hefty fee for nude class.[7]
After Mavis was arrested for suspicion in Pandora’s homicide, the management of the Blue Squirrel let her go.[8]
Food served there includes:
- Veggie pasta[4]
- Chicken plate, which Nadine said was terrible[4]
- No-oil fries[4]
- Soy fries that were only half-bad, according to Peabody in Purity in Death[9]
- Stuffed shells supreme, which Eve thought didn’t look half bad, and Nadine described as “nearly palatable”[10]
In addition to screamers, Eve has ordered a Pepsi Classic[4] and the number 54, which was supposed to be chardonnay, and according to her was “at least three steps up from horse piss.”[10]
When Eve met Special Agent Stowe there in Betrayal in Death, she asked Eve if it was safe to drink at the Blue Squirrel. Eve told her, “Alcohol kills off the germs. Their Zoners aren’t half bad.” Stowe ordered one from the automated menu, and after a sip of the pale blue liquid, she exclaimed, “Holy Jesus Christ! Is this legal?” Eve replied, “Just.”[11]
In Celebrity in Death, Barbie Debrowsky and Robert Willoughby had a drink there the afternoon before her boss, A.A. Asner, was killed.[12]
Hilly Decker suggested going out for drinks the night Eve came to interview her in Obsession in Death. “‘The Blue Squirrel’ she announced, inspired. ‘Do you still hang there? I’ve been a few times, but never saw you.’”
In Apprentice in Death, Morris mentioned that Mavis, Leonardo, Garnet DeWinter, and he went there a couple of weeks ago.[13]
References
- ↑ Naked in Death (ISBN 0-425-14829-7), pp. 136-137
- ↑ Naked in Death (ISBN 0-425-14829-7), p. 138
- ↑ Naked in Death (ISBN 0-425-14829-7), pp. 136-139
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Naked in Death (ISBN 0-425-14829-7), pp. 180-181
- ↑ Immortal in Death (ISBN 0-425-15378-9), pp. 145-147
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Witness in Death (ISBN 0-425-17363-1), p. 60
- ↑ Glory in Death (ISBN 0-425-15098-4), p. 45
- ↑ Immortal in Death (ISBN 0-425-15378-9), p. 153
- ↑ Purity in Death, Chapter 20
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Glory in Death, Chapter 4
- ↑ Betrayal in Death, Chapter 16
- ↑ Celebrity in Death, Chapter 13
- ↑ Apprentice in Death, Chapter 3