A JP Kinkaid Mystery
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Blacklight's recent tour has been rough on guitarist JP Kinkaid: a heart attack in Boston and a significant ramp-up of his multiple sclerosis have left him more physically fragile than usual. With the tour over, JP is relaxing by sitting in as second guitarist for a new CD by his longtime local friends, the Bombardiers. The Bombardiers are breaking in a new frontman, singer/guitarist Vinny Fabiano. Self-absorbed and abrasive, Vinny is new to the Bay Area music scene. All anyone seems to really know about him is that he has some very expensive instruments, but no obvious source of income to pay for them. A few weeks into the sessions, Vinny is found dead in the Bombardiers' rehearsal space, smashed over the head with a custom guitar. The murder leaves the Bombardiers--who are already in hot water with their record label--without a singer or a regular guitar player. JP, calling in a favor, asks Blacklight's legendary frontman, Malcolm "Mac" Sharpe, to step in and sub for Vinny. But then Vinny's cousin and guitar tech is found murdered in Marin County, and Vinny's most valuable guitar---a $75,000 custom Zemaitis pearl-top--is missing. In the second book of this exciting, atmospheric series, Deborah Grabien shares her insider knowledge of the world of rock 'n' roll, spinning a terrific mystery in the process.
John "JP" Kincaid guitarist for Hall of Fame rock band Blacklight, has a few issues. There are the two women in his life: Bree, his fiercely private partner of twenty-five years, and Cilla, his long estranged wife. There's also his multiple sclerosos, which complicates both his everyday life and his career.As Blacklight gets ready to hit the road, they learn that Perry Dillon, a muckraker specialising in sleazy unauthorised tell-all celebrity bios, is planning a biography of them. When JP sits down with Dillon, he quickly realizes that Dillon wants to uncover secrets that could potentially destroy Blacklight, and JP's relationship with Bree. Blacklight opens their tour at Madison Square Gardens, to thunderous applause. But while Blacklight is rocking the house, someone is committing murder in JP's dressing room. When NYPD Homicide Detective Patrick Ormand implies Bree is the top suspect, JP knows he must do something to help."Rock and Roll Never Forgets", the first Kincaid Chronicle, provides an all-access backstage pass to the way rockers live, love, and sleuth, if they have to.