“Remember your first John Grisham? Country music veteran Dill (he served as a personal manager for Minnie P
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“Remember your first John Grisham? Country music veteran Dill (he served as a personal manager for Minnie Pearl, Dwight Yoakam, and other greats) doesn’t miss a beat in this debut high-adrenaline thriller full of twists and turns.”
—Library Journal, starred review
“Dill, who has served as the personal manager for Minnie Pearl, Billy Ray Cyrus, and other notables in the Nashville country music world, brings his insider’s expertise to his solid debut, a mystery thriller...the conclusion is stunning.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Murder on Music Row: A Music Industry Thriller has more twists and turns than a spring tornado in Tennessee. This book will have you diving under the covers -- with a flashlight, of course. A terrific read.”
—Marshall Chapman, critically acclaimed musician and author
“Stuart Dill’s novel is the ultimate music insider’s whodunit. He gives us a front-row seat to watch folks driven more by ambition, power, deceit, and greed than by music. I was reluctant to read Murder on Music Row for fear that it might turn out to be a book I had always wanted to write myself. My fears were proven true.”
—Robert Hicks, author of The New York Times' bestseller The Widow of the South and A Separate Country
Twenty-three-year-old Judd Nix, an unpaid intern at the most prestigious personal management firm in country music, get the opportunity of a lifetime when his boss and mentor, Simon Stills, offers him a temporary position—an opportunity that may just cost Judd his life.
In a landscape where record companies are under siege, stuck in the order of physical CDs and antiquated technologies, Simon's young, electrifying star, Ripley Graham, has emerged as the best-selling digital artist in music history. Meanwhile, Ripley's label, Galaxy Records, is preparing a secret merger agreement that would create the largest record conglomerate in the world. Trouble arises when rumors spread that Ripley and Simon are withholding Ripley's new album in hopes of renegotiating his contract.
When Simon and Judd are shot on the famed Grand Ole Opry stage during the filming of Ripley's new music video, no one is more upset than Ripley—especially as everyone assumes the shots were meant for him. While Simon's life hangs in the balance, Judd seeks help from Megan Olsen, Simon's right hand and Ripley's day-to-day manager. The two set off on a high-powered chase to disclose the real motive behind the shootings and spare Ripley from a second murder attempt.
Murder on Music Row leads readers through a maze of twists and turns that connect Nashville, New York, Los Angeles, and London in a behind-the-scenes look at an industry where there are no limits in the pursuit of money, power, and fame.
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