Assault & Reverie and Other Stories

Tai Randolph couldn't care less about fancy violins, not even multi-million-dollar ones.

She's at the symphony for strictly personal reasons, to celebrate her best friend Rico's current beau, a bassist making his debut with the Atlanta chamber orchestra. It's also an excuse to wear that red dress, the one her own beau—security agent Trey Seaver—has a particular fondness for, and to avail herself of the open bar at the after-party.

Unfortunately, things aren't proceeding according to plan. Though Trey is as fine as ever, he is uncharacteristically distracted by a clandestine assignment with AMMO, the Atlanta Metro Major Offenders task force. And then quicker than you can say Scherzo in B flat, Rico's on the phone with a big problem—a missing violinist—and a bigger problem—a missing violin. The legendary Brancaccio Stradivarius to be precise. And Rico's boyfriend is looking mighty suspicious.

Schemes and subterfuge, bloodstains and betrayal, it's just another Saturday afternoon for Tai—former gun purveyor, current PI-in-training—as she tackles her very first case as an almost-professional gumshoe.