Maxx Maxwell #2
Five Star
February 2011
On Sale: February 1, 2011
Featuring: Elizabeth "Maxx" Maxwell; Rick Schneider; Leon
240 pages ISBN: 1594149321 EAN: 9781594149320 Kindle: B007XLEP4G Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
Maxximum Blues has a solid foothold in the Manhattan blues scene, but Maxx Maxwell (real name: Elizabeth) knows a CD will make the band irresistible to festival organizers. Prowling Rooster Records is her label of choice, but when the CD is nearly finished, producer Rick Schneider disappearsβand it looks like heβs hooked up with his old girlfriend, singer-songwriter Brenda Honeycut. Maxxβs interest in Rick is personal too. Heβs the first guy sheβs trusted since leaving Sandy, the womanizing guitar player who broke her heart.
When Maxx searches for the CDβs master in Rickβs studio, she finds his cherished memento, a framed album cover, knocked from the wallβand even more alarming, a pool of dried blood. The next day, she identifies Rickβs body at the county morgue.
The cops believe Rick was pirating CDs and was murdered in a mob territory battle. Maxx is determined to clear his name by finding his real killer. Her quest leads her into the orbit of the temperamental Brenda Honeycut and into the complicated lives of Rickβs peculiar business partners. And it ultimately leads her to the sad secret Rick kept hidden.
Maxxβs quest is complicated by a rooster with personality to spare and by her old boyfriend Sandy, whoβs determined to win her back.
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