Hound Dog Blues

Who says a Gen X hipster can’t solve old-school mysteries?

Harley Jean’s a failed college student. Her brief career in corporate banking went up in flames. She can’t find Mr. Right and might settle for Mr. Wrong. She’s twenty-six-years old—staring down the barrel at thirty—and now she works as a tour guide in the whacko land of Elvis. She’s named after a motorcycle. Her dad’s an Elvis impersonator. Her Mom talks to spirit guides.

Someone kidnaps her family’s dog—named King, in Elvis’s honor. There’s a ransom note.

And then, things really get weird. 

Memphis tour guide Harley Jean Davidson is about to enjoy a rare day off when her parents call with news that King, their border collie, has been dognapped. Harley Jean’s mom insists the culprit is Bruno Jett, their next door neighbor. Harley Jean would rather run over her own foot with a motorcycle than talk to him. He’s drop-dead gorgeous—with a dangerous attitude she’d like to avoid.

But King has to be rescued, so she sets off to find him. Harley Jean gets more than she bargains for when she finds a body, as well. Bruno Jett is definitely involved, but how?

The Memphis P.D. wants to pin the murder on Harley Jean’s dad. Now it’s up to her to clear his name . . . and avoid becoming the killer’s next victim.

Virginia Brown is the author of more than fifty novels, most recently the bestselling Dixie Diva Mysteries and the acclaimed mystery/drama, Dark River Road.