A Killing at the Copa

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(85 85 85 1)>From his early days in the 1970s playing piano for Bette Midler in the bathhouses of New York City to his 2025 lifetime residency in Las Vegas Barry Manilow has put his stamp on the music industry. With legendary hits such as Weekend in New England Mandy and I Write the Songs Manilow has created a catalog of instantly recognizable songs that have lasted decades and continue to be in rotation on radio stations elevators and Spotify playlists to this day.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(85 85 85 1)>Manilow also created a legendary musical crime in his song Copacabana telling the story of feather-wearing dancer Lola who is caught between bartender Tony and patron Rico as the two men vie for her affections...and ultimately meet untimely ends.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(85 85 85 1)>Now 13 crime author fans of Barry (affectionately known as Fanilows) take on other songs from his collection of hits to tell all new stories of love life relationships and other situations gone horribly wrong. All the hits are here as well as a few lesser-known tracks.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(85 85 85 1)>As Manilow sings there was blood and a single gunshot. But just who shot who?</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(85 85 85 1)>This collection features all new stories from Karen Keeley Linda Kay Hardie Adam Gorgoni Maya St. Clair Matt McGee Laurie Stevens Caleb Weinhardt Kurtis Rupé Recita Clemons J. M. Taylor John M. Floyd T. Fox Dunham Christine Verstraete and Shari Held.</span></p>