Night Sounds

Chicago jazz pianist Joe Barbarello, on the night of his greatest success at Chicago's Ravinia, spots a beautiful woman in the audience and can't look away. He goes home with her and stays for three days and nights. After he comes up for air he discovers that this woman, Zoey Bauer, is the prime suspect in the brutal knife slaying of her former lover--a murder committed five days before Joe met her. But Chicago detectives working this case don't believe Joe met her only three days ago.

Enter a roster of colorful characters who want in the worst way to help solve the mystery of who killed Jay DaVolo. Every person Joe meets in Zoey's Gold Coast world had a good reason to kill DaVolo. They're all filthy rich, greedy for more, and involved in a multi-million dollar double-scam that has encircled the globe. Joe has to outwit this crew to prove his own innocence, and the innocence of the enigmatic woman with whom he becomes so sexually obsessed that he might lose his freedom--or his life.

EPPIE Award Finalist--Best Suspense!

Frankfurt Award Nominee!

"A vibrant, gritty novel evoking the sights and sounds of Chicago’s music scene and the Gold Coast lifestyle of the rich. Joe’s sarcastic, self-deprecating voice casually invites readers in, only to plunge them into a relentless maelstrom of music and mystery that forces us to keep turning pages straight through until the end. Ms. Anderson writes with a savvy, compelling style reminiscent of Robert B. Parker that will have mystery fans clamoring for more..." - Melissa Bradley, Rendezvous Review Magazine

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