WHEEE! Jacket copy, and a road trip!
Got the full final jacket copy for Rock & Roll Never Forgets in email this morning. Thusly:
One legendary band on a sold-out American tour. One sleazy biographer digging up old secrets and opening old wounds. One ageing guitarist, with a crippling illness and a twisted past. One woman who will do anything to keep her hold over him, and another who will do anything to protect him.
The last thing the members of Hall of Fame rock & roll band Blacklight need to hear is that ruthless tabloid biographer Perry Dillon is planning a tell-all history of their group. The issue hits hardest for English ex-pat guitarist JP Kinkaid; with his history of heroin addiction and deportation, his estranged wife, and his long-term relationship with a girl he met when she was a teenager, JP has the most to lose. Dealing with his multiple sclerosis doesn't make things any easier.
When he sits down with Dillon, JP's main concern is preserving both his own privacy and that of Bree Godwin, his fiercely protective longtime girlfriend. But it's obvious from the first question that Dillon is digging deep. And he's not planning to stop until he hits rock bottom.
Dillon's looking for trouble, the kind of trouble that garners publicity and sells books. What he finds is the kind of trouble someone will go to any length to cover up, and that includes murder.
Opening night at Madison Square Garden encores with a corpse in JP's dressing room, leaving Blacklight in the middle of a media frenzy--and Bree as Homicide Lieutenant Patrick Ormand's prime suspect.
Rock & Roll Never Forgets, the first JP Kinkaid mystery, offers an all-access backstage pass to how musicians work, live, and love.
Deborah Grabien is a cook, guitar player, cat rescuer, traveler, and all-around rocker chick. She also writes a little: she's the author of the Haunted Ballad series and five standalone novels. Additionally, numerous short pieces of both her fiction and commentary have appeared in anthologies and magazines. Deborah lives in San Francisco, heads back to London and Paris whenever she can, and honestly believes you're never too old to rock and roll.
Visit her Web site at www.deborahgrabien.com.
Advance Praise for Rock & Roll Never Forgets
"Deborah Grabien adds murder and mystery to the sex, drugs and rock and roll equation."--Simon Wood, author of We All Fall Down
"Rock & Roll Never Forgets provides ‘you had to be there’ insight into the hearts and minds of aging rockers with engaging storytelling and grungy charm. Here’s your all-access pass to a full-tilt, fun read—Rock on, Deborah Grabien!”--Kathi Kamen Goldmark, author of And My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You
Praise for Deborah Grabien’s Previous Novels
“The appealing characters and musical background keep the stories fresh and engaging.”—Denver Post on New-Slain Knight
“Her most chillingly effective performance to date….Grabien ratchets up the suspense steadily and implacably, and the resolution is deeply satisfying.”--Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Matty Groves
Not too shabby. And, I'm heading to LA next Thursday, as part of a panel of editors and writers on publishing (big and small press), at the Abbot-Kinney Library in Venice. I believe the event is open to the public, so come on by, have a listen, and take part in the Q&A, if you're so inclined.
One legendary band on a sold-out American tour. One sleazy biographer digging up old secrets and opening old wounds. One ageing guitarist, with a crippling illness and a twisted past. One woman who will do anything to keep her hold over him, and another who will do anything to protect him.
The last thing the members of Hall of Fame rock & roll band Blacklight need to hear is that ruthless tabloid biographer Perry Dillon is planning a tell-all history of their group. The issue hits hardest for English ex-pat guitarist JP Kinkaid; with his history of heroin addiction and deportation, his estranged wife, and his long-term relationship with a girl he met when she was a teenager, JP has the most to lose. Dealing with his multiple sclerosis doesn't make things any easier.
When he sits down with Dillon, JP's main concern is preserving both his own privacy and that of Bree Godwin, his fiercely protective longtime girlfriend. But it's obvious from the first question that Dillon is digging deep. And he's not planning to stop until he hits rock bottom.
Dillon's looking for trouble, the kind of trouble that garners publicity and sells books. What he finds is the kind of trouble someone will go to any length to cover up, and that includes murder.
Opening night at Madison Square Garden encores with a corpse in JP's dressing room, leaving Blacklight in the middle of a media frenzy--and Bree as Homicide Lieutenant Patrick Ormand's prime suspect.
Rock & Roll Never Forgets, the first JP Kinkaid mystery, offers an all-access backstage pass to how musicians work, live, and love.
Deborah Grabien is a cook, guitar player, cat rescuer, traveler, and all-around rocker chick. She also writes a little: she's the author of the Haunted Ballad series and five standalone novels. Additionally, numerous short pieces of both her fiction and commentary have appeared in anthologies and magazines. Deborah lives in San Francisco, heads back to London and Paris whenever she can, and honestly believes you're never too old to rock and roll.
Visit her Web site at www.deborahgrabien.com.
Advance Praise for Rock & Roll Never Forgets
"Deborah Grabien adds murder and mystery to the sex, drugs and rock and roll equation."--Simon Wood, author of We All Fall Down
"Rock & Roll Never Forgets provides ‘you had to be there’ insight into the hearts and minds of aging rockers with engaging storytelling and grungy charm. Here’s your all-access pass to a full-tilt, fun read—Rock on, Deborah Grabien!”--Kathi Kamen Goldmark, author of And My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You
Praise for Deborah Grabien’s Previous Novels
“The appealing characters and musical background keep the stories fresh and engaging.”—Denver Post on New-Slain Knight
“Her most chillingly effective performance to date….Grabien ratchets up the suspense steadily and implacably, and the resolution is deeply satisfying.”--Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Matty Groves
Not too shabby. And, I'm heading to LA next Thursday, as part of a panel of editors and writers on publishing (big and small press), at the Abbot-Kinney Library in Venice. I believe the event is open to the public, so come on by, have a listen, and take part in the Q&A, if you're so inclined.
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