Elvis's Beauty, Barber, Bait & Bakery : Wood Lane Books : 9798987601624 : 11 Mar 2024 : On his 50th birthday, shy, handsome Brent Wallace-salon owner and avid fisherman-makes an offer on an old building in a northern Wisconsin town. He plans to open several small businesses allowing him to semi-retire minutes from his favorite fishing hole, where the walleye are always biting, and the resident crow keeps him company. But the building's owner, 83-year-old Grace Havisto-who has a life-sized Elvis propped on her couch and a doorbell that plays "A Hunk A Hunk Of Burnin' Love"-insists it must be re-opened as a grocery store, although the town already has one. Her "realtor," Dana Novicki-a pierced, tattooed, purple-haired Mensa member who dresses in thrift-store-purchased formal wear-is desperate for a sale, has clearly not read the realtor's code of ethics, and just happens to notice Brent's resemblance to Elvis Presley. After the building is his, Brent realizes he has inadvertently d