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Rolson McKane thought his crime-solving days ended the night he lost his badge in a drunken accident. But when he discovers the body of a young Black man near his property—and the dead man visits Rolson in his dreams—he realizes this case is personal. As Rolson digs deeper, he collides with a corrupt police force, a ruthless local politician, and a town determined to bury the truth, not just with this case, but with something that happened decades ago. Every step pulls him into a darkness he may not be able to escape.

A Music City resident digs into Nashville-based murders, giving the necessary history and context that only a local can provide. Contact the show at nashvillemurder@gmail.com

As a teen, Mary Ellen engaged in a deadly game. She and her friends used the internet to bully a kid into committing suicide. Instantly, she became one of the infamous "Suicide Blondes" - a group of four girls known the world over as killers and monsters. Like the rest of the girls, Mary Ellen has tried to put the past behind her. But when she returns to Nashville to care for her ailing mother, she learns that a stalker has taken on a new game, one eerily similar to the one she engaged in two decades ago.

Crystal Queen is a prequel, of sorts, to Boogie House, the first Rolson McKane novel. While Rolson is busy slamming into future clients with his car, his ex-wife, Vanessa, is roaming the streets of Atlanta with her new love interest. They live from high-to-high and have fallen on some hard times. That all changes when a guy Vanessa calls The Money Man shows up and demands what he's owed. She and Jerry use a dead man's death to swipe a suitcase full of what they hope is money and end up on the wrong side of a major conflict over drugs and cash. Their trouble is multiplied when a killer named Limba Fitz decides to get involved.