Death of a Dancing Queen

DEBUT YA author Giarratano’s (Dead and Breakfast) debut adult novel is a fun, fast-paced mystery. Jewish PI Billie Levine has revamped her grandfather’s investigation business based in a North Jersey deli in order to care for her ailing mother and pay the bills. She accepts a large stack of cash from local rich kid Tommy Russo, to find his missing girlfriend. But when the missing person case turns into a murder investigation, and the cops have Tommy in their sights as the main suspect, Billie realizes she took on more than she bargained for. The case descends into a tangle of decades-long feuds between crime families, an unsolved cold case, and a large missing diamond. And Billie must solve the case to find her way out alive. Set in New Jersey’s crime world, this novel is a spunky take on hard-boiled detective drama.