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On the South Side of Chicago, one sour note can lead to murder. <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

When the choir director’s date is shot to death, Bertie must find the judge’s killer\u2014or become the next victim.
\nWhen recently-widowed college choir director Bertie Bigelow reluctantly accepts a New Year’s date with Judge Theophilous Green, she never imagines the esteemed civil rights pioneer and inveterate snob will be found shot to death the next morning. She’s even more surprised when her talented but troubled student LaShawn Thomas is arrested for the crime.
\nBut Bertie suspects that someone in her tight-knit social circle is really the killer.<\/b>
\nIs it hot-tempered Patrice Soule, the voluptuous diva and recent winner of the Illinois Idol contest?
\nIs it Charley Howard, the BBQ Hot Sauce King, a self-made millionaire with Mafia connections?
\nIs it the mysterious Dr. Momolu Taylor? Newly arrived from Africa, he’s invented a hot new sex drug that’s got some powerful politicians feeling frisky.
\nOr could it be Alderman “Steady Freddy” Clark, corrupt South Side ward boss and would-be patron of the arts?
\nOne thing is certain: Bertie Bigelow will need to keep her wits about her to avoid becoming the killer’s next victim.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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