âA darkly suspenseful dive into friendship, fame, murder, and the thrilling power of rock music. I couldnât put it down.â âMeg Gardiner, New York Timesâbestselling author of the UNSUB series
Gal, a talented musician, has returned to Boston to play a memorial for her late friend. But when she sees a particular face in the crowd, she freezes on stage. Â
The next day, she learns that the man she saw has been beaten to death behind the venueâand her friendâs widower, Walter, is being charged in connection with his murder.
When Walter refuses to defend himself, Gal wonders if he is guilty, and as memories of the past begin to flood back, she starts her own investigation.
To uncover the truth, she must re-examine her own life, her perception of the past, and an industry with a dark underbelly. But what she discovers may prove hard to swallow . . .
âIn electric prose, Simon conjures the rock-and-roll world, its drink, drugs, and band-dynamics, and the twin seductresses of excess and success, as she makes a penetrating portrait of friendship.â âThe Boston Globe
âLyrical, layered, and full of surprises. . . . A raw and emotional thriller with a heartbeat, about lost dreams and missing friends, regrets and buried memories, the final note reminding us that itâs never too late to start again.â âLisa Unger, New York Times-bestselling author of Last Girl Ghosted and Confessions on the 7:45
â[This] devastatingly powerful mystery hits you like a punch in the heart.â âCaroline Leavitt, New York Timesâbestselling author of Days of Wonder and Pictures of You
âCompulsively readable. . . . Part murder mystery and part wistful history of a one-time rock star and her deeply buried secrets.â âDave Zeltserman, Shamus Awardâwinning author of Small Crimes
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