{"product_id":"9781504047449","title":"Melody and Murder: Two Novels","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom Hollywood’s Golden Age to a rock ’n’ roll tragedy, this pair of detective novels from two award-winning maestros of mystery hits all the right notes.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e From Edgar Award–winning author Stuart M. Kaminsky, \u003ci\u003eDancing in the Dark \u003c\/i\u003eshines a light on the 1940s Los Angeles dancing scene. Paired with Ellery Queen Award–winning author Ed Gorman’s “gripping, amusing, thoughtful and hugely entertaining” \u003ci\u003eThe Day the Music Died\u003c\/i\u003e, these two kooky and delightful mysteries are now available in one volume (Dean Koontz).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDancing in the Dark \u003c\/i\u003eby Stuart M. Kaminsky: It’s going to take some fancy footwork for hard-boiled Hollywood private detective Toby Peters to get Fred Astaire off the hook. After giving a gangster’s moll dancing lessons, he tires of her making passes at him and hires the famously discreet private investigator to break the news gently. When a killer cuts in and the moll ends up dead, Peters must take the lead in solving the case . . . or face the music himself.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Day the Music Died \u003c\/i\u003eby Ed Gorman: After his rock ’n’ roll hero, Buddy Holly, dies in a plane crash, young Iowa lawyer and part-time PI Sam McCain just wants to play his records and grieve—until the nephew of an eccentric judge kills himself after his trophy wife is murdered. The police see it as a clear-cut murder-suicide, but Sam wants to know more. But diving into this mystery will get dangerous faster than he can say “bye, bye, Miss American Pie.”","brand":"Open Road Media Mystery \u0026 Thriller","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47136938492144,"sku":"9781504047449","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781504047449_p0.jpg?v=1772805528","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781504047449","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}