The Singing Dead

Johnny Ace #4

by Ron Ellis

"Ellis's speciality is a gritty rendering of Merseyside crime...Exuberant" THE TIMES Life is never dull for Liverpool DJ Johnny Ace. He is experiencing complications in his love-life, and his radio show has been axed. Having bought an old tape recorder at an auction, he is amazed to discover with it a tape containing songs by a young John Lennon, which have never been publicly released. His excitement soon turns to caution when a brutally murdered body turns out to be the previous owner of the Lennon tape. As Johnny investigates, it becomes apparent that there is a callous and very violent criminal at large - a criminal who could well be after him next...

400 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Ronald Walter Ellis