From Library Journal
Nashville and country music once more provide the background and subject matter for murder. Magazine editor Kate Banning (Cryin' Time) approaches country icon LilyAnn Page's manager about a fan magazine project, but the manager has something else in mind. She believes someone has targeted LilyAnn for murder. Plenty of suspects appear: a vindictive ex-husband, a disillusioned ex-drummer/employee, a fervently protective lead guitarist, an arrow-shooting cousin, etc. The author adds a few marvelous secondary characters for spice, along with the complications of a teenage daughter and a mostly absent pilot/lover. A most pleasant read and third in the series. Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Just as Kate Banning settles into a good editorial job and a new Nashville neighborhood, her publisher throws her a curveball: help pitch a fan-club proposal to country-music queen Lily Ann Page. Kate is also asked to investigate escalating threats against Lily's career--and her life. This third Kate Banning provides a difficult-to-solve mystery and plenty of interesting information on country music, the music-video business, and the publishing industry. The series regulars--Kate, daughter Kelly, and significant other Sam Powers--continue to grow, and a new batch of coworkers, country singers, and suspects add interest. The whole is projected effectively against a vivid backdrop of Nashville and a southern spring. Kinky Friedman readers will like the country-music angle here, though Kate herself, considerably less hip than the Kinkster, is likely to appeal more to fans of Jonnie Jacobs' Kate Austen (see review on p.882). John Rowen
Fall to Pieces FROM THE PUBLISHER
In this sizzling new mystery from the author of Cryin' Time, amateur sleuth Kate Banning is caught up in Music City stardom when she has to stop the murder of a famous country singer.
Praise for the Kate Banning mysteries:
"Great reading."-Lisa Scottoline, author of Legal Tender
"An entertaining series with a twang."-New York Daily News
"A delightful new voice in Southern mystery."-Steven Womack
"Cecilia Tishy is brilliant." -Nashville Banner
"A real treat...A lively view of country music and Nashville life."-Booklist
"Carefully crafted and thoroughly detailed." -Library Journal
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Library Journal
Nashville and country music once more provide the background and subject matter for murder. Magazine editor Kate Banning (Cryin' Time) approaches country icon LilyAnn Page's manager about a fan magazine project, but the manager has something else in mind. She believes someone has targeted LilyAnn for murder. Plenty of suspects appear: a vindictive ex-husband, a disillusioned ex-drummer/employee, a fervently protective lead guitarist, an arrow-shooting cousin, etc. The author adds a few marvelous secondary characters for spice, along with the complications of a teenage daughter and a mostly absent pilot/lover. A most pleasant read and third in the series. Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.
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