Dirty rotten tendrils

the long version

"Spring is blooming in New Chapel, Indiana, but Abby's beloved small town has become a media circus. Singer Cody Verse has returned home after winning and America's Next Hit Single with his song "Code blue." He has brought high-powered lawyer Ken "the Lip" Lipinski with him to fend off a lawsuit from his former songwriting partner. Then the Lip is in need of a code blue himself when he's found dead from a suspicious overdose. Abby finds it hard to swallow that the opposing counsel, and her old boss, Dave Hammond, could be the killer. Now Abby and her boyfriend, Marco, must prune the list of suspects for the murder of a man who had more enemies than his client has fans"--Page 4 of cover.