From Library Journal
Nashville and country music once more provide the background and subject matter for murder. Magazine editor Kate Banning (Cryin' Time) approaches country icon LilyAnn Page's manager about a fan magazine project, but the manager has something else in mind. She believes someone has targeted LilyAnn for murder. Plenty of suspects appear: a vindictive ex-husband, a disillusioned ex-drummer/employee, a fervently protective lead guitarist, an arrow-shooting cousin, etc. The author adds a few marvelous secondary characters for spice, along with the complications of a teenage daughter and a mostly absent pilot/lover. A most pleasant read and third in the series.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Just as Kate Banning settles into a good editorial job and a new Nashville neighborhood, her publisher throws her a curveball: help pitch a fan-club proposal to country-music queen Lily Ann Page. Kate is also asked to investigate escalating threats against Lily's career--and her life. This third Kate Banning provides a difficult-to-solve mystery and plenty of interesting information on country music, the music-video business, and the publishing industry. The series regulars--Kate, daughter Kelly, and significant other Sam Powers--continue to grow, and a new batch of coworkers, country singers, and suspects add interest. The whole is projected effectively against a vivid backdrop of Nashville and a southern spring. Kinky Friedman readers will like the country-music angle here, though Kate herself, considerably less hip than the Kinkster, is likely to appeal more to fans of Jonnie Jacobs' Kate Austen (see review on p.882).
John Rowen