Aspen Pulp by Patrick Hasburgh
It's off-season in Aspen and former TV writer turned private eye Jake Wheeler is hired to find bimbette-in-training Tinker Mellon. Using what little he's learned from The Rockford Files and other TV detective shows, Jake searches for the runaway cheerleader. However, in the process he uncovers a complex crime ring that les deep within the old mine shafts of Aspen Mountain. So begins ASPEN PULP, a slalom ride of mystery for Jake and his crew of misfits and burnouts which include Hermy, the booze-swilling Swiss ski instructor, Ernie, the yokel deputy of the Aspen Police Department, and Winston, a loyal malamute the size of a snowmobile. Filled with hilarious digs at its ostentatious home, ASPEN PULP is a page turning debut.