Platinum Blues

ISBN: 1550225944

Author: Deverell, William

Condition: New

In this fast-paced, wickedly funny legal thriller, a small-town lawyers case against a Los Angeles record label turns into a deadly media circus (Publishers Weekly)Living in the Northern California town of Foolsgold, widowed lawyer Oliver Gulliver is headed for a midlife crisis. It doesnt help that his eighteen-year-old daughter Elora has fallen in love with alcoholic former rock star C.C. Gilley. But then C.C. quits drinking and gets to work on a comeback album. Things actually seem to be looking up - until C.C.s car is stolen, with his priceless demo tape inside.In no time at all, another band is all over the radio with C.C.s song, and Oliver finds himself in Los Angeles working the biggest case of his life - suing a billion-dollar record company for plagiarism. But even as Oliver discovers his talent for charming the public, he finds out how nasty the music industry can get. When the stakes skyrocket from plagiarism to murder, Oliver will have to try C.C.s case like his life depends on it - because it does.