Question: Who is the intended audience?
Answer: Readers who like traditional mysteries with lots of suspects and red herrings, and a nice surprise at the end. And readers who like the blues.

Q: What is the book about?
A: Sexy blonde blues-singer Maxx (real name: Elizabeth) Maxwell thinks she’s on the verge of realizing her dream: success for her band and a career doing what she’s always wanted. But then her dashing and talented guitar player, Jimmy Nashville, plunges to his death from his ninth-floor window. Maxx refuses to believe the police when they decide Jimmy killed himself. Played out against a backdrop of blues and Manhattan bar bands, her quest for his killer takes her deep into his past—and turns up a surprising number of suspects.

Q: Why are you the best person to write this book?
A: I play blues guitar and I led my own band for five years. We rehearsed and performed in New York City. I’m also a lifelong mystery fan and a former college English teacher.

Q: How is this book different from other books on this topic?
A: It’s cozy with a twist. It takes the cozy genre out of the parlor and into the streets, but it preserves the cozy’s traditional emphasis on strong plotting, a good puzzle, and minimal, if any, violence.

Q: Is there anything else we should know about this book?
A: Lots of people have told me that reading it sent them running for their blues CDs and made them remember how much they love that musical genre.

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