{"product_id":"2940153714578","title":"Melody for Murder: A Bertie Bigelow Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn the South Side of Chicago, one sour note can lead to murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the choir director's date is shot to death, Bertie must find the judge's killer—or become the next victim.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen recently-widowed college choir director Bertie Bigelow reluctantly accepts a New Year's date with Judge Theophilous Green, she never imagines the esteemed civil rights pioneer and inveterate snob will be found shot to death the next morning. She's even more surprised when her talented but troubled student LaShawn Thomas is arrested for the crime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Bertie suspects that someone in her tight-knit social circle is really the killer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs it hot-tempered Patrice Soule, the voluptuous diva and recent winner of the Illinois Idol contest?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs it Charley Howard, the BBQ Hot Sauce King, a self-made millionaire with Mafia connections?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs it the mysterious Dr. Momolu Taylor? Newly arrived from Africa, he's invented a hot new sex drug that's got some powerful politicians feeling frisky.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOr could it be Alderman \"Steady Freddy\" Clark, corrupt South Side ward boss and would-be patron of the arts?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne thing is certain: Bertie Bigelow will need to keep her wits about her to avoid becoming the killer's next victim.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pen-L Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47113832628464,"sku":"2940153714578","price":3.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940153714578_p0.jpg?v=1764055733","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940153714578","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}