I started a new series last week (Music City Murders) and am on book 2,
Book 1 is Dead Folks' Blues DEAD FOLKS' BLUES (Edgar Allan Poe Award Winner)
Newly licensed P.I. Harry James Denton nearly goes broke before his first case comes in. Unfortunately, it’s the last person he wants to see, his old girlfriend and the first woman to break his heart, Rachel Fletcher. Rachel’s married now, to a rich doctor who’s a compulsive gambler and cheater. When Harry starts investigating the doctor and the doctor winds up dead, Harry’s number one with a bullet on the suspect list.
Book 2 is TORCH TOWN BOOGIE (Shamus Award Nominee)
Harry James Denton is looking for another case—and he gets one when the magnificent mansion across the street from his apartment is consumed in a suspicious fire. The blaze has all the scorch marks of the East Nashville Arsonist, a phantom firebug whose burning desire seems to be driving gentrifiers out of Harry's funky, rundown neighborhood. This time, though, the modus operandi includes murder.
I am enjoying these books, and my favorite character is Music City. I lived there for 15 years and it is great fun to join the main character at some of my favorite eateries.
Before I started this series, I read #3 in the Southern Beach Mysteries "The Shrimp Did It" by Kay Dew Shostak Once again the Sophia Island Shrimp Festival is over. Thousands attended to eat shrimp, shop, and watch the pirates come ashore as usual, but this year’s temperatures were warmer than ever. Everyone is happy that the busy hot weekend is over and everyone came through unscathed. Or so it seems.
Jewel and Craig Mantelle also made it through their kids and families’ first visit to their new island home. But it didn’t go nearly as smooth as the Shrimp Festival. Craig is now back in South Florida on his job and Jewel is sweating it out in the old house without air conditioning. One bright spot is her weekly lunch with her new friends. When they aren’t searching out details of her families’ visit and her disintegrating marriage, they are discussing the death of one of the Shrimp Festival board members. A natural death everyone believes until her novelist son comes to town and starts talking as if one of his thrillers has come to life.
He says his mother embezzled money from the festival and a man is involved. But that’s not the craziest thing he’s got on his mind.
He’s chosen the setting for his next book and its Jewel’s house!
So of course—he’s moving in.
Jewel and her lunch friends move in on the case and find the murderer Great fun!
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