num_pages: 314
description: A Shamus Award Finalist and Named Best Mystery in the 2015 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Still suffering nightmares from a case that ended tragically brilliant freelance crime consultant Scott Drayco considers retiring from crime solving altogether. When a former client bequeaths Drayco a rundown Opera House in a Virginia seaside town he figures he'll arrange for a quick sale of the place while nursing his battered soul in a peaceful setting near the shore. What he doesn't count on is finding a dead body on the Opera House stage with a mysterious G carved into the man's chest. With hopes for a quick sale dashed and himself a suspect in the murder Drayco digs into very old and very dangerous secrets to solve the crime and clear his name. Along the way Drayco must dodge a wary sheriff hostility over coastal development and the seductive wife of a town councilman - before the tensions explode into more violence and he becomes the next victim. Want to read a Scott Drayco novella for FREE? Sign up for BVs Mysteries in Crimetime newsletter at bvlawson.com and receive a FREE copy of The Maltese Moon Rock! Scott Drayco Thrillers in order: PLAYED TO DEATH (A Shamus Award Finalist and Best Mystery Next Generation Book Awards) REQUIEM FOR INNOCENCE DIES IRAE ELEGY IN SCARLET 
language: English
title: Played to Death
publisher: Crimetime Press