This unique volume explores the relationship between music and crime in its various forms and expressions, bringing together two areas rarely discussed in the s

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The return of Frank Marr, the "refreshing" protagonist of one of the New York Times' Best Crime Novels of 2016. Frank Marr was a good cop with a bad habit, unti

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