Killer in the Crowd

Good book! very interesting storyline! This book had a bit of everything! It had suspense, intrigue, action ,drama, and a great who done it! It brought back so many memories of the 80's hair band concert days! Lol I will definitely recommend reading this one! Its well worth reading!

This thriller has it all! A famous rock band, a missing person, murder, mystery and romance all tied up in one great intriguing read!

Cath Edgley was raised by her aunt Trish. Her mom, famous music sensation "Betzy Blac" suddenly disappeared 30-years ago. The world was stunned by this occurrence. Investigators searched every lead, but the missing person case went cold.

Cath, now an adult, desperately wants answers in her mom's case. She is willing to do anything to get them. Was "Betzy Blac" murdered? What was the motive? Where is her body? How can a world famous rock star simply vanish without a clue?

Phil Johnson's book "Killer in the Crowd" will be published March 31, 2022. Reader's will enjoy this curvy spine-tingler. I loved the finely woven romance in this novel. It adds depth to the protagonist and is "Oh La' La'" good!

Thank you NetGalley and Burning Chair Ltd, for allowing me to review this e-book. Phil Johnson gave me a fun and thrilling ride in the lives of his interesting characters.

I've been on a bit of a murder mystery book kick lately, so it seemed only natural to add in a mystery that takes place with a band!  The book follows Cath Edgley.  She may seem like a boring school teacher, but her Mom is a punk legend and so was her Dad.  After the man she believed to be her father is found dead, many believe he may have been murdered, including Cath.

Cath's Mom, Betzy Blac, has been missing since Cath was 7 years old.  No one knows if she just ran off or if she died.  Cath decides she is going to get to the bottom of it all and starts receiving mysterious texts telling her to "trust no one".  Cath finds herself in and out of sticky situations but ultimately ends up suspended from her school teacher job and joins her Mom's old band, Decollete, for a reunion of sorts.  Cath thinks that if the band is back together, with her playing the part of Betzy, they can get the information they need to find out who killed Raven and where her Mom is.

There are a LOT of different (shady) characters in this book so it makes it a bit difficult to actually have a theory of "whodunit" and many think that Cath is just following a conspiracy theory and that the deaths aren't at all connected.  Once I got into the meat of this story, it was really hard to put it down, so many twists and turns as we followed Cath into trying to figure out what happened to her Mom.  Quite the roller coaster of a book and if you're into murder mystery and concerts, this ones for you.

I received a free e-copy of this book from NetGalley in order to write this review, I was not otherwise compensated.

I really enjoyed this book it was well written with a good storyline and well developed characters. It was fun, twisty, unpredictable and kept me guessing until the end. I will definitely read this book again and will be looking for more from the author in the future.