Snake in the Brass
(2025)(The third book in the Music Shop Mysteries series)
A novel by Jennifer Lamont Leo
Idaho, 1920. When a body is discovered after a popular jazz ensemble's controversial concert, Amanda Parrish's world turns upside down. With people she's close to entangled in a web of suspicion, whispers spread through the small town of Timber Coulee like wildfire. Amanda knows she must act fast—even if it means partnering with handsome Sheriff James Holcomb and his unsettling new deputy.
As Amanda digs deeper into the glittering world of a traveling jazz band, she uncovers a jam session of secrets: bitter rivalries, broken hearts, and professional jealousies that have simmered for years. Every member of the ensemble had opportunity, and nearly all had motive. But with evidence scattered like discordant notes and alibis that don't quite harmonize, separating the innocent from the guilty becomes increasingly dangerous. The killer is watching, and Amanda's questions are striking too close to the truth.
Racing against time, Amanda must trust her instincts when all the obvious suspects seem too obvious. Because sometimes the most dangerous person in the room is the one no one suspects—the one hiding in plain sight, waiting to strike again. In a case where loyalty and truth clash like cymbals, Amanda will risk everything to unmask a killer who's been playing them all along.
Genre: Mystery
As Amanda digs deeper into the glittering world of a traveling jazz band, she uncovers a jam session of secrets: bitter rivalries, broken hearts, and professional jealousies that have simmered for years. Every member of the ensemble had opportunity, and nearly all had motive. But with evidence scattered like discordant notes and alibis that don't quite harmonize, separating the innocent from the guilty becomes increasingly dangerous. The killer is watching, and Amanda's questions are striking too close to the truth.
Racing against time, Amanda must trust her instincts when all the obvious suspects seem too obvious. Because sometimes the most dangerous person in the room is the one no one suspects—the one hiding in plain sight, waiting to strike again. In a case where loyalty and truth clash like cymbals, Amanda will risk everything to unmask a killer who's been playing them all along.
Genre: Mystery
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