NOTE: This is a revised edition. This work was previously published under the title Dead Barchetta. Award-winning author Kathryn Lively offers you a rocking mystery! Music tutor by day and tribute band guitarist by night, Matt “Lerxst” Johnston has woman problems. Well, maybe for a musician that's normal. 1) There's the willowy redhead who tries to kill him in his sleep. 2) There's the hot for music teacher cougar who wants help adjusting her "G-string." 3) There's the knife-wielding rock chick with a soft spot for strays. And...there's grandma, and her "herb garden," legal only if you have a card, and definitely not in Virginia! Normal? Heh. Before Lerxst can find normal, he must learn the truth about his would-be killer, his family, and himself. And what a long, strange trip it is…

Just when Matt “Lerxst” Johnston has settled back into a normal routine of strumming chords and squabbling with family, something happens to once again turn his life upside down. Betrayed by his best friends, Lerxst seeks to rebuild his tribute band Dead Barchetta and his career, but murder stalls his plans. Though he swore never to get involved in another mystery, everybody wants his help to find the killer. Once again, Lerxst sets aside his ES-335 and searches for clues to catch a murderer before another unsuspecting victim faces the music.