The murder of a saxaphone player and the enigmatic message left at the scene of the crime draw musician-turned-amateur sleuth Evan Horne into the search for a killer targeting jazz musicians. Reprint.

Bird Lives!

Literature & Fiction

Moody, Bill

Contemporary

Worldwide Library

When his friend Ace Buffington vanishes while writing a biography of the late trumpeter Chet Baker, who died mysteriously in 1988, musician Evan Horne turns sleuth to unravel the mystery of Chet Baker's death and to find his missing friend before it is too late. Reprint.

Looking for Chet Baker

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Sound of the Trumpet

Dell

Solo Hand

America's brightest jazz pianist, Evan Horne never thought things could get worse after a car accident leaves him with an injured hand and no career, until his ex-wife Sharon pleads for help in a blackmail plot against his former boss, Lonnie Cole. Reprint.

Death of a Tenor Man

Tenor sax player Wardell Gray died in Vegas back in the fifties, but his legend lives on. Moonlighting from his job playing piano at the Fashion Show Mall, Evan Horne is doing a favor for a scholar by asking questions about Wardell Gray        s death. As Evan circles in on a little-known history of a 1950s black jazz club, the heat, glitz, and pay-back of Vegas come down hard--with the power to swing, smoke, and kill.

When his ex-wife asks him to help out her lover, who is being blackmailed by someone who has compromising photos of him, former jazz pianist Evan Horne is forced to become involved to clear his own name

United States

Walker Co

May, 1955: The body of tenor sax player Wardell Gray is discovered in the Las Vegas desert, two days after the opening of the Moulin Rouge, the first black hotel-casino in town. There are some questions, but the police file is closed: Gray died of a drug overdose, end of story. Six months later, the Moulin Rouge closes its doors.Now Evan Horne is trying to open doors and files, trying to discover what's behind the rumors of foul play in Gray's death.Drawing on his knowledge of the music, the clubs, and a city that never sleeps, Bill Moody does more than recreate a world: He makes it sing.

Death of a Tenor Man: An Evan Horne Mystery (Walker Mystery)

Jazz pianist Evan Horne ventures into the world of collectors who would go to any lengths to acquire a unique sound, including murder, which may explain the death of innovative trumpeter Clifford Brown, who recorded some tapes just prior to his death

Sound of the Trumpet: An Evan Horne Mystery

The murder of a saxaphone player and the enigmatic message left at the scene of the crime draw musician-turned-amateur sleuth Evan Horne into the search for a killer targeting jazz musicians.

Bird Lives!: An Evan Horne Mystery

The trumpet was silenced, but the questions remain 
Evan Horne's comeback at the keyboard has brought him to England, where he hopes he can concentrate on his music and not think about crimes. But his friend Ace Buffington, who's led him into trouble before, shows up with a problem: Ace has a contract to write a biography of the late trumpeter Chet Baker, and since Evan's going on to Amsterdam, too... 
Chet Baker died on the sidewalk in front of an Amsterdam hotel in 1988; whether he jumped, slipped, or was pushed has never been determined. With his arrival at the hotel, Evan discovers that Ace―who was staying in Chet's room―is missing. The only thing Evan finds is his briefcase and notes. Now he has no choice. To find Ace, Evan will have to dig into the mysterious death of Chet Baker...and that takes him into a world he'd rather not visit. 
Bill Moody's background as a musician and his talents as a writer have made the Evan Horne mysteries a cult favorite. Investigating the death of Chet Baker, who has a cult of his own, brings out the best in both the author and his pianist sleuth, Evan Horne.

Looking for Chet Baker: An Evan Horne Mystery (Evan Horne Mysteries)

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Bird Lives!

Looking for Chet Baker

Sound of the Trumpet

Solo Hand

Death of a Tenor Man

Solo Hand

Death of a Tenor Man: An Evan Horne Mystery (Walker Mystery)

Sound of the Trumpet: An Evan Horne Mystery

Bird Lives!: An Evan Horne Mystery

Looking for Chet Baker: An Evan Horne Mystery (Evan Horne Mysteries)