Gimme Shelter eBook

This whip-smart, witty series packs an emotional punch within an engaging mystery as Layla Virtue, a 30-something recovering alcoholic and former cop turned party musician, finds a sideline in solving murders from her new home in a Potomac County trailer park

An unforgettable mystery brimming with hilarity and heart for readers of Margot Douaihy, Jane Pek, and Darynda Jones.

As the song says, you cant always get what you want. Maybe thats why, instead of fulfilling her youthful dream of being a rock star, Layla Virtue is living in a trailer park while playing third-rate gigs, including a stint at a seventies ABBA brunch. Given everything else shes been through lately, shes not complaining (much) about satin ruffles and go-go boots. She has a squad of supportive new BFFs, and shes reclaimed a relationship with her famous rocker dad. His recent diagnosis has brought them even closersharing the trailer parks lake house, which hes had remodeled in typically over-the-top style.

Laylas dad loves his new community and the feeling seems mutual. So, why is one of them blackmailing him? Its a mystery almost as baffling as the assignment Layla receives from her former commissioner. Look into the brutal murder of a mild-mannered school teacher. Archie Wilkins was bludgeoned with a candelabra, shot up with drugs, and stuffed into a church confessional. Not the kind of outcome expected for a guy reputed to be the worlds nicest.

Perhaps Archie had secrets. Perhaps everyone does, including Laylas one-time cop colleagues. Shes been blaming herself for a deadly ambush that destroyed her career and her peace of mind, but as her new friends help Layla regain her memories, a different picture emerges, and its one that forces her to question so much that shes taken as truth . . .