Dana Osborne just wants to hang out in her guitar store talking music with her assistant Brody, and her colourful customers. But when once-famous prog-rock band Cranial Bypass decide to put on a reunion gig in her small town of Rockingham West, things get unexpectedly hectic. Especially when the band's guitarist Apocalypse BusLane is found murdered at a rehearsal. Despite being warned by the Police to keep her nose out of things after the last time she helped crack a case, suddenly Constable Wade McNeish is back, asking her to help out. Dana's quiet life is about to have the volume turned up to eleven, as Wade asks her to find out what happened -- by joining the band!
The second in the Guitar Store mysteries is as charming, hilarious and enjoyable as the first. Again, Dana Osborne is drawn into assisting the investigation into the murder of a guitarist, Apocalypse BusLane, in Rockingham West, a small country town in Aotearoa New Zealand. Dana, with the help of her shop assistant, Brody, and her guitar shop cat, Paws McCartney, and various music acquaintances, delves into the events surrounding the murder. Engrossing and entertaining cosy mystery.