Progressive state representative Davida Grayson fits in
well with her Berkeley constituents. But some of Davida’s
views have made her unpopular elsewhere. Davida’s foes are
numerous: politicians on the other side of the aisle,
racist hatemongers, even dissenters in her own party.
Still, no one suspects that any buttons Davida might push
could evoke deadly force.
But now Davida lies brutally murdered in her office, and
Berkeley homicide detectives Will Barnes and Amanda Isis
must unravel Davida’s complex, surprising life in order to
find her killer. As they dig deeper, Will and Amanda
realize that the real Davida Grayson was someone the public
never knew. The investigation draws the detectives into a
labyrinth of hidden sexuality, dark secrets, betrayal, and
bloody vengeance that leads tortuously into madness. With
time short and the suspect list long, Barnes and Isis must
find the answers before the killer pulls off a repeat
performance.
MUSIC CITY BREAKDOWN: NASHVILLE
Baker Southerby, the son of musicians, was a child prodigy
performer. But something Baker won’t talk about leads him
to quit the honky-tonk circuit, become a Nashville cop, and
never look back. His partner, Lamar Van Gundy, is a would-
be studio bassist from up North who never quite made the
cut in Music City, so instead earned himself a detective’s
badge. Now both men are members of Nashville PD’s elite
Murder Squad, with a solid record for solves. But when they
catch a homicide that’s high-profile even for a city where
musical celebrity is routine, their skills are tested: Jack
Jeffries, a rock legend who cast aside personal demons and
emerged from retirement to perform at a charity benefit,
has been discovered in a ditch near the Cumberland River,
his throat slashed.
It’s a whodunit as heartbreaking as it is baffling.
Southerby and Van Gundy understand the rhythms of the music
biz as intimately as the streets they work–and know that
both have their dark sides. What the detectives don’t
realize is just how high the price of success can be. Long
before the last notes of Jack Jeffries’s final song have
faded, Southerby and Van Gundy will learn about the dangers
of concealing a hidden past . . . the hard way.
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