Music City Mayhymn

<p>How do you handcuff an invisible hit man? </p><p><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify>Meet Max Malone - Nashville's #1 homicide detective barbecue aficionado and consummate jackass. In just one week in May a series of suspicious deaths propels Max to unravel a time-critical mystery. Aided by his ukulele-wielding partner Vince Wilson and brilliant beat cop Helen Hanover they pursue a self-righteous vigilante playing judge jury and cunning executioner.</p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify>The relentless reaper targets victims in high and low places while a select task force scrambles to protect the public and prevent the next hit. Enigmatic and seemingly invisible the perp's M.O. at first appears random. But bodies and a cryptic recurring clue keep piling up.</p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify>Besides being a master sleuth like so many in Nashville Max is a frustrated songwriter. His vast collection of vinyl records and savant-like memory of hit songs provide a soundtrack to the race for answers through staggering revelations and the detective's own crossroads.</p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify>In this extraordinary debut novel award-winning songwriter and recording artist Billy Sprague exposes the layered M.O. of a human soul and paints detective Max Malone along with the reader into the same desperate corner - where the only way out - means a risk-it-all leap of faith.</p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>A non-stop action page-turner with amazing twists and turns. Billy Sprague's writing is</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>spot on and his storytelling superb. Told with the deft hand of a true Nashville insider. </span></p><p><br></p><p> <span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Brett James - Songwriting Hall of Famer with 27 #1 hits including a Grammy</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>              for </span><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Jesus Take the Wheel</em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> sung by Carrie Underwood.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p><br></p>