Someone is killing Progressive Rock musicians in Chicago-one by one. Only thing is, the sole suspect is a ghost. Enter the intrepid ROCKIN’ SECURITY team, summoned from NYC at the behest of a potential victim. Considering the fact that Chicago never had a Progressive Rock movement, this story is a bit of a stretch from Jump Street. Given that the dead musicians-and Spike Berenger, head of said ROCKIN’ SECURITY- are all past the prime of life...the novel creaks along with a certain c More...

What an interesting book! I don't know much about what happens behind the scenes with musicians so it was cool to have this backstage pass. The book was a very quick read for me. I finished it in two days and loved it! It was hard to put down. One of the things that I noticed right when I started the book was the track listing at the front. It's a list of chapters, but are referred to as tracks, a playlist of sorts. Each "track" is a specific song by a particular band. The fun part abo More...

Dark Side of the Morgue
By Raymond Benson



This is the follow –up to A Hard Day’s Death.

Category: Mystery

Spike Berenger is a Rock n’ roll detective; he himself is a musician and although he doesn’t do as much of it any more he likes to keep his hand in by specializing in protecting musicians and if a little playing comes in so much the better. Spike is lured in once more to solve a mystery a thirty year old mystery which may involve a dead woman More...

I love finding new-to-me authors and books. Especially when the book turns out to be as good as this one did. A nice plus, Lee Child's blurb on the front, "Benson is a top-class thriller craftsman who know showbiz and music like the back of his hand. And unbeatable combination."
Well, hell, that line alone put the book to the top of the nightstand section of Mt Git'r'Read when it arrived in my order from High Crimes Mystery Bookshop. And I was lucky to have some quiet shifts durin More...

Very Good; Continuing character: Spike Berenger; Rockin' Security takes a job in Chicago where a "ghost" is knocking off musicians

Just not my cup of tea.

Thriller