High Notes Are Murder

by Barbara Reed

Get inside the real music business . . .
Talented and ambitious Liz Hanlon has been chasing her dreams for ten years. This time she charges head first into a life and death struggle after landing a gig as the headliner in live TV concerts--visibility that could propel her to international fame. She believes her years of struggle are over. She couldn't be more wrong.
Reviews:
-- a double treat with HIGH NOTES ARE MURDER and its companion CD..."
-- features a heroine as smart and likable as any in crime fiction today."
-- opens a window into both the heart of a dreamer and the mind of a murderer."

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Liz discovers a body, a familiar body. When the club is closed, her career stalls, and her bright future is suddenly dashed, along with her reputation. To reveal the killer, she must expose the truth about a twenty-five-year-old family scandal. As mysteries from the past unfold, it appears her budding career could be ruined before it’s started, yet she cannot allow this killer to get away. To be free of the past, and experience her dream of a career in music, she faces--and accepts--some truths she'd previously wanted to deny.

350 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 28, 2000

Reviews

[Denise Zendel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Liz Hanlon is a struggling jazz musician who makes her living performing in piano bars, at country clubs, anywhere, really, that pays. She gets a shot at real fame by landing a gig as the headliner in live TV concerts and she starts to think that maybe the struggles are over. Just before things really take off, her cousin Gina (whom she’s had a shaky relationship with) winds up dead at the club where the live concerts are set. Since Liz stumbles over the body – literally – she becomes a person of interest. Her life is complicated by the fact she’s got an increasingly aggressive stalker, and by long-buried secrets involving her family coming to light.

I liked this book – Liz is a three-dimensional character and the details of a musician’s life ring true. The subplots are interesting, and move the story forward. Well-written, light, engaging, entertaining read, great for the treadmill. I see there is a second book in the series available, and I’ll be buying that soon.

[Wendy Kalthoff · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked the ending but did not love the fact that we did not know who was leaving the creepy notes. Also, I knew halfway through the book that the killer was Tonyi It seemed very obvious to me. I could not ge a feel for Gina and the aunt's character was confusing.