Obits And Deadlines

Half-Ute Kirby Austin flees her abusive husband Jake, taking their two children with her. Leaving the western canyons of her childhood, Kirby heads to "Music City, USA"--Nashville, Tennessee--to try and make it in the music industry. She winds up writing the Obituary column for a local newspaper instead. Trouble follows her to Nashville, however--suddenly, a serial killer is on the loose, and Kirby is the main suspect. And then, when tensions are at their highest--Jake shows up.

Kirby Austin is a half-Ute girl. Growing up on the reservation, most of what she has learned has come from television sit-coms. She marries young, to a rodeo bronc-buster named Jake. Once he becomes abusive, in the middle of one violent night she packs up their two kids and leaves. Nashville, Tennessee--also known as Music City, USA--is THE place for people who want to make it in the music business, and Kirby heads there. Finding a job writing Obituaries for a local newspaper, Kirby finally feels that the puzzle known as her life has the pieces falling into place. Then something terrible and sinister happens. A serial killer is on the loose--and Kirby is the main suspect. She finds herself falling for a young, half-Comanche man (Nick), then feels her safe and ordered life falling apart further when the unthinkable happens. Jake shows up in town. Kirby is suddenly in a race for time, to protect herself, her new life--and her children.

Lacey's award-winning work has appeared on the New York Times Bestseller List (as a contributor to the Chicken Soup for the Soul Series). Although published many times before, this is Lacey's first multicultural murder mystery. Lacey's website is www.TJensenLacey.com.