Lewis Sinclair and the Gentlemen Cowboys
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Publisher Description
A missing brooch. A face set in cement. This is not your average music festival.
Lewis Sinclair, a stalwart and tender country musician, is about to take the stage with his band, the Gentlemen Cowboys, at the premier U.S. country music festival when his girl dumps him for the Cowboys’ shifty manager. When that same manager ends up at FallFest’s walk of fame with his handprints—and his head—in cement, Lew finds himself on the top ten most wanted list instead of the music charts.
With the help of his loyal Cowboys and the close-knit festival staff, Lew must clear his name before the killer gets away—or strikes again.
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Lew Sinclair, the protagonist of Fick's winning debut, and his band, the Gentlemen Cowboys, have high hopes for FallsFest, "one of the biggest country-music festivals in the world," some distance from St. Paul, Minn. In particular, Lew is looking forward to adding his handprints to the festival's StarWalk. Then Lew's lady love, Ann-Dee Phillips, dumps him the day before the festival, and he has to bear the pain and carry on. Adding insult to injury, Archie Grant, the band's oily business manager, has weaseled a singing slot at FallsFest for Ann-Dee right after Lew and the band play. The full extent of the betrayal becomes known with Archie's onstage proposal to Ann-Dee in front of thousands. When Archie's body is found face down in the wet cement of StarWalk, Lew is the number one suspect. With the help of the Gentlemen Cowboys and FallsFest's staff, Lew discovers that neither Ann-Dee nor Archie was a paragon of virtue, and past misdeeds may be the motive for multiple murders. This country music mystery hits all the right notes. Readers will hope to hear more from the cowboy crooner and his band.
