Blood Country will be officially announced as the silver award recipient in the national Readers Favorite contest on October 15th in a widely distributed press release. I've already received word about the award, so I'm posting it earlier on Country Dirt. Here's the Readers Favorite review.
Blood Country:
A Nashville Sideman Mystery
Dan Jewell
Fiction - Mystery - Sleuth
Reviewed for ReadersFavorite.com
Book Review
The setting is Nashville, Tennessee, home to country music legends. Joe Rose dreams of being a guitar star. Until his dream comes true, he works as a private investigator. His ex-wife Patty begged him to help her friend Roxanne. She wanted to leave her husband, renown Vern Hamlin, but he didn’t want to let her go. Apparently Vern was impressed with Joe. After receiving a mysterious letter, Vern hires Joe to investigate the murder of his father, King Hamlin. The murder of the legendary country singer took place 20 years previously. Rose interviews several characters including, Monk, Hamlin’s ex-wife, the Professor, and stepmother.
The King left a large estate. Vern has a problem with both drugs and alcohol. His uncle does not want the murder investigated; he thinks it will upset Vern and increase his substance abuse. Jessica Apple is Vern’s assistant. While she thinks solving the murder will bring closure to Vern, she does not like Joe and wants him off the case.
Blood Country is a brilliant mystery by author Dan Jewell. The complex plot is well paced with just the right amount of action. Jewell included enough twists and turns to keep the reader turning pages. There was more than a tad of humor in the plot. The characters are well-developed and multidimensional. Fans of suspense and mystery will not want to miss Blood Country by Dan Jewell. This is one of those special books that you'll read more than once.
