Dead Folks' Blues (MUSIC CITY MURDERS: The Harry James Denton Series) - Softcover

Womack, Steven

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1732189900 ISBN 13: 9781732189904

Publisher: Spearhead Press, 2018

Synopsis

Thirty-something, divorced, and working part-time as a car repossessor to stay out of the poorhouse, ex-newspaperman turned private detective Harry James Denton needs any client he can get. It's just his luck that the first person to waltz into his Nashville office is Rachel Fletcher, the woman who stole—then broke—his heart in college.

Now the man she married—compulsive gambler/womanizer and surgeon Dr. Conrad Fletcher—is in big trouble. Rachel wants Harry to forget about yesterday and make sure her husband lives to see tomorrow.

By the time Harry catches up with Fletcher, though, it’s too late.

And the list of suspects could fill the Grand Ole Opry…

This first installment in author Steven Womack’s Nashville P.I. series won the Edgar Allan Poe Award. Each installment afterward won or was nominated for a major mystery award, with the fifth book—Murder Manual—winning the Shamus Award.

About this title

About the Author

Steven Womack began his first novel when he was eighteen-years-old. A short eighteen years later, he finally sold one. His first published novel, MURPHY'S FAULT, was the only debut mystery on the 1990 New York Times Notable Book List. Since then, he has published ten more novels, winning both the Edgar and Shamus Awards, as well as receiving multiple nominations for major mystery awards. His Edgar and Shamus Award-winning Harry James Denton series--Dead Folks' Blues, Torch Town Boogie, Way Past Dead, Nobody's Chain Lays Straight, A Manual Of Murder and Dirty Money--has been republished by Spearhead Press. A scriptwriter as well, Womack co-wrote the screenplays for Proudheart,, which was nominated for the CableAce Award, and Volcano: Fire On The Mountain, an ABC television movie that was one of the most-watched television movies of the year.

Review

"A welcome edition to the genre..." Publisher's Weekly

"A deft, atmosphere-rich novel: smart, funny, and filled with a sense of wry heartbreak. Steven Womack's Nashville stands out--it is a beautifully drawn backdrop." James Ellroy, New York Times bestselling author of L.A. Confidential

Edition details

• Publisher: Spearhead Press
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1732189900
• ISBN 13: 9781732189904
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 350