Jazz let out a throaty growl and hastily fumbled with his seat belt. “I dare you to invite me up to your apartment.” At least not confident enough to say what he said next.

He wasn’t sure what it was about Jazz-maybe his open, accepting nature?-but Michael had never felt so confident with any of his other lovers. On their first date, Jazz had initiated the teenage girl slumber party game as a way to get to know each other, and it had worked surprisingly well. As the murderer circles ever closer to Jazz and Michael, Sheriff Musgrave is quick to remind them that everyone’s a suspect until Sheriff Musgrave says they’re not! Universal Link Amazon Add to Goodreads The festival, however, brings in a veritable lineup of potential killers, including a familiar―and most unwelcome―figure from their past. With the first gruesome murder still fresh in their memories, they can’t help but wonder if notorious murderer and famous author Russell Withingham might be targeting them from jail, where he’s awaiting trial. Between a trio of funerals, a blowout BBQ, and a couple of trips on Beulah, Jazz’s beloved scooter, Michael and Jazz do some sleuthing of their own. Luckily Michael and local hairstylist Jazz are closer than ever. Michael recuses himself from the autopsy, handing the job over to his arch-nemesis from a neighboring county. Pickles Furryton the Third… Universal Link Amazon Add to Goodreadsīook 2: Murder Most Deserving Lacetown Murder Mysteries, Book 2Īn acoustic music festival comes to Lacetown, and with it, another dead body―this one found at Fleishman’s Funeral Home.

Along the way, they are helped and hindered by Michael’s sassy assistant, Kitty, the grumpy Sheriff Musgrave, Russell’s creepy PR rep, Norbert, and Michael’s lothario grandfather, who likes his manhattans strong and his women saucy. Soon Jazz is teaming up with Michael to clear his name. Instead, he meets the adorably awkward Michael and becomes a murder suspect. Jazz only wanted to confront his ex, Russell, over his cheating. As Lacetown’s only mortician and the county coroner, Michael is called to his first murder scene and is shocked to recognize the victim―Russell’s young lover.

He is not expecting to cross paths with sexy hairdresser Jasper “Jazz” Dilworth―or become embroiled in a real-life mystery. Michael Fleishman is excited to meet his favorite mystery writer, Russell Withingham, at Lacetown’s Literary Fest. Starting a romance among all this chaos might be the death of them. A killer at a small-town literary festival.

Murder Most Deserving by Hank Edwards