{"product_id":"blood-notes-a-novel-of-music-murder-and-a-missing-person-hardcover","title":"Blood Notes: A Novel of Music, Murder, and a Missing Person - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard O'Connor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGlenn Stout\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAN ELGIN O'BRIEN DETECTIVE MYSTERY, BOOK 2, A NOVEL ABOUT MUSIC, MURDER AND A MISSING PERSON\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElgin O'Brien loves jazz, equal rights, Irish whiskey, his Broadway actress girlfriend, and a sweet jumper from the top of the key. He used to play in the NBA.Now he's a private detective out for justice. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe bi-racial son of a musician father and an Irish pop singer mother, O'Brien grew up in Harlem, went to Duke on a basketball scholarship, and then played ten years in the NBA. After retiring from basketball, motivated by a strong sense of righteousness after his father was killed and the murderer was never found, he became a private detective.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e That was over a decade ago. He now runs the Baylor Agency out of his home and office in Hoboken, New Jersey. Since then, the glib and erudite P.I. notes, \"I've been shot at, beaten, stabbed, threatened by mobsters, politicians, even priests. Tossed in jail. Terrorized by cops, lawyers, and judges. Bottom line: It's an unsavory life, but, hell, I'm used to it. And it sure beats playing golf.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlood Notes\u003c\/em\u003e is the authors' second noirish, first-person detective work featuring O'Brien and expands upon the character created by O'Connor and Stout in their first well-reviewed collaboration, \u003cem\u003eFlagrant Fouls\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis time, old family friend and jazz legend Opus Katz asks O'Brien to find his grandson, Alto, a waiter and musician, who has gone missing. As O'Brien descends into the dark underworld of New York nightlife that was Alto' milieu-The Dirty Martini, Baby Blues and The Hellfire Club-he quickly learns that this simple missing persons case is anything but.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 412\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.06 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 28, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67882787897651,"sku":"9781971400372","price":45.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/HNPz4SDsTy9781971400372.webp?v=1793653629","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/blood-notes-a-novel-of-music-murder-and-a-missing-person-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}