Murder at the Blue Note (Elsie Hargrove Mysteries Book 2)

Description

Some solos end with a standing ovation. This one ended with murder.

When the Cascade Bay Festival launches, Private Detective Elsie Hargrove expects a week of pure musical magic. But after rising star trumpet player Tommy Grayson collapses during his band’s performance, she discovers that some of jazz’s smoothest riffs hide the sharpest dangers.

Between feuding band members, a stalker who knows every detail of Tommy’s life, and a parade of women all claiming to be his true love, Elsie must navigate a maze of obsession, jealousy, and deadly ambition. Working separately from Detective Jack Goodman—their tentative partnership now more complicated than ever—she uncovers a web of lies where nothing and no one is quite what they seem.

As the festival plays on and suspects multiply, Elsie races to untangle truth from performance. With the help of her trusted friends and confidantes, and her own keen ear for deception, she must catch a killer who turned a jazz club into a crime scene—and knows how to orchestrate the perfect murder.

Kerry Greenwood’s Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, Louise Penny’s Three Pines series, Joanne Fluke’s culinary mysteries, and M.C. Beaton’s Hamish Macbeth book will love this charming cozy mystery with a strong female lead.