WAY PAST DEAD **AWARD FINALIST**

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Ballantine Books, 1995. 1st ed., reading crease, light wear along edges else near fine copy of this Paperback Original and SHAMUS AWARD NOMINEE. Features Nashville P.I. Harry James Denton. With his cash flow down to a slow drip, times are tight for Nashville gumshoe Harry James Denton. Things are tough all over Music City, U.S.A. And in some instances, they're murder, as Harry finds out the hard way when he lands a case he'd rather not touch. When rising country singer Rebecca Gibson is found viciously beaten to death in her home, a heap of damning evidence points straight to her ex-husband, Slim Gibson -- half of the struggling songwriting team with whom Harry shares office space and an occasional beer. Slim and Rebecca were last seen making beautiful music at a local club just hours before the killing. Yet while probing beneath the sweet harmony, Harry discovers the dark history of a marriage made somewhere south of heaven -- and delves into the cutthroat world of the C&W music business, where deceit, betrayal, passion, and vengeance are sung about . . . and ruthlessly performed.. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback Original.