Big Red Tequila

Big Red Tequila
AuthorRick Riordan
LanguageEnglish
GenreMystery
Published1997
PublisherBantam
Publication placeUnited States

Big Red Tequila (Bantam, 1997) is the first novel in Rick Riordan's Tres Navarre series and Riordan's first published book. It is a fast-paced crime story about an unusually talented and flawed hero, Jackson "Tres" Navarre, a third-generation Texan, who has a PhD from Berkeley in medieval studies and English, works as an unlicensed private investigator, and is a tai chi master.

This novel won the Anthony Award for best original paperback and the Shamus Award for best First Private Investigator novel in 1997.