by Jack Maeby
Welcome back, Jimmy Mack. You still crazy? His friends and fellow musicians want to know. He's free, off anti-psychotic meds and back on the scene, playing jazz and R&B in the urban backwater of Albany, New York in 1972. Life seems almost normal until members of the soul music revue he's working with start turning up dead, and Jimmy is the main suspect. It doesn't help that he's falling for Yvonne, a devastatingly beautiful singer, who may be up to her cool blue eyes in a deadly scheme.
Jimmy looks to his friend Laid, a methadone-addicted keyboard genius, and Shorty, an irascible soul-music DJ, to help him avoid the cops, the killers and his own descent back into madness. The story unfolds in the rhythms of jazz and blues, with stops at chitlin' circuit nightclubs, gay cabarets and after-hours discotheques. Music becomes Jimmy's refuge, as well as the key to figuring out who the real killer is. Jimmy has some hard choices to make that force him to either conquer his inner demons or be lost forever.
Genre: Mainstream Fiction
Book Length: Novel
Price: $5.95
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Reviews:
“By writing so well about what he knows, Maeby picks up the ball where William Kennedy dropped it by acutely rendering the long-gone world of Albany's interracial jazz joints and gritty halfway houses…"
Steve Hopkins, Kingston Times (NY)
“What an exciting read! You can almost hear the music. I couldn’t put the darn thing down."
Dick Wood, host of “Jazz Tracks” WABY Radio (NY)
"a superb thriller...aut and colorful novel... Characters jump from the page... The Thorazine Mirrorball is highly recommended for all lovers of mystery/suspense, music, or crime novels..."
Aaron Lazar, author of the Le Garde Mysteries
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"within the first twenty pages I was hooked... The author has a clear understanding of mental illness...a unique and realistic voice. The suspense is gripping...a fantastic read that I wholeheartedly recommend!"
5 Cups by Regina, Coffee Time Romance
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"A thriller of exciting proportions, The Thorazine Mirrorball will have you reading as quickly as you can to find out what happens next... A brilliantly penned novel...heart-thumpingly fast paced..."
5 Champagne Flutes by White Russian, Cocktail Reviews
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