“Your Killin’ Heart” was a fun and fast mystery read. It is set in Nashville and has country music as its basis. Campbell Hall has a travel agency that takes up much of her time. When she’s not at work, she loves to listen to live music (mostly country) and lives in a city, Nashville, that is known for exactly her type of live music.
She also has an on again, off again, relationship with Doug Elliott, a lawyer, who disappears on her when the going (in their relationship) gets a little tough. She is able to convince him to let her help him re-acquire (i.e., repossess) some paintings from the widow of country music’s late star, Jake Miller. When the widow turns up dead, Campbell is drawn in the case and starts doing a little (too much) sleuthing on her own.
Along the way, she meets a couple of men, singer-songwriter-guitarist, Randy Dean and Detective Sam Davis both of whom seem a little more grounded than Doug. My personal favorite is Sam but both of these men seem more interested in Campbell than Doug who seems more intent on his own wants and needs.
The mystery was fun and I was able to solve it well ahead of the unveiling in the book due to the clues the author left to follow. What was even more fun was an insider look at Nashville – what it once was and how it has changed, for better and worse, as country music popularity has sky-rocketed.
I thought that book was a fun debut mystery by author Peggy O’Neal Peden. I really enjoyed the book and will be looking for more in this series in the future.
I was provided a digital advance reader copy of this book by the publisher via Netgalley.
