Mugshot

by David W. Barber

Internationally bestselling author David W. Barber delivers another gripping Dugan Heywood mystery, Mugshot, a sequel to his debut mystery novel, Hedshot.


A DUGAN HEYWOOD MYSTERY ( BOOK 2 )
( BOOK 1: HEDSHOT )

AN OLD NEMESIS STANDS ACCUSED OF MURDER. CAN EX-JOURNALIST
DUGAN HEYWOOD UNCOVER THE TRUTH IN TIME TO CLEAR HIS NAME?


Dugan Heywood – an ex-journalist turned church musician – faces
a new challenge in the staid university town of Grayston. When one of
its prominent citizens is found dead, the police find a handy suspect in
a young man with a criminal record. A man who not long ago was at
odds with Dugan himself. But now the jailed suspect has turned to his
old nemesis for help. And there are many others, some of them rich and
powerful, who might have wanted the victim dead. In a small town that
still holds secrets, are an ex-reporter’s investigative skills honed enough to
find the real killer and clear an innocent young man’s name?

Praise for Hedshot, the first Dugan Heywood

“Like his hero, David Barber loves a good mystery, and here
he’s written one. A slow burn of red herrings, plot twists
and surprises that will keep you guessing until the end.”
– WILSON CONEYBEARE, AUTHOR OF THE DISTOPIAN POLITICAL THRILLER A FEAST OF WOLVES

David W. Barber is a longtime newspaper journalist and musician and the
internationally bestselling author of Bach, Beethoven and the Boys and more than a
dozen other books of humorous classical music history and literature as well as the
short story fiction collection Atonement and other stories. Mugshot is his second
Dugan Heywood mystery novel, following on the heels of Hedshot. In a varied
career, among David’s more interesting jobs have been short stints as a roadie for
Pope John Paul II, a publicist for Prince Rainier of Monaco and a backup singer
for Avril Lavigne.

Learn about his other books at IndentPublishing.com
Read his blog at DavidWBarber.com

250 pages, Paperback

Published August 27, 2024

About the author

David W. Barber is a journalist and musician and the author of more than a dozen books of music (including Accidentals on Purpose; Bach, Beethoven and the Boys; When the Fat Lady Sings; and Getting a Handel on Messiah) and literature (including Quotable Sherlock, Quotable Alice and Atonement and other stories). Formerly a writer and entertainment editor of The Kingston Whig-Standard, editor of Broadcast Week magazine at the Toronto Globe and Mail and the assistant editor of arts and life for Postmedia newspapers, he is currently a freelance writer, editor, musician and composer. As a composer, his works include two symphonies, a jazz mass based on the music of Dave Brubeck, a Requiem, several short choral and chamber works and various vocal-jazz songs and arrangements. He sings with the Toronto Chamber Choir and various other choirs on occasion. In a varied career, among his more interesting jobs have been short stints as a roadie for Pope John Paul II, a publicist for Prince Rainier of Monaco and a backup singer for Avril Lavigne.

Learn about his other books at IndentPublishing.com