Lil’ Ed (last name Williams) is the singer-songwriter and guitar-playing frontman for one of the last authentic Chicago blues bands, Lil’ Ed and the Blues Imperials.
My wife Patricia and I met him on a Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise last fall. You can learn more about him here. And you can see one of his band’s performances here.
Liam Mulligan, the hero of my crime novels, is as big a fan of the blues as Patricia and I are. He listens to the likes of Buddy Buy, BB King and Tommy Castro as he cruises around New England rooting out crime.
The Dread Line is the fifth book in the Edgar Award-winning series of hardboiled crime novels by Bruce DeSilva. In it, New England Patriots, still shaken by a series of murder charges against one of their star players (true story) have hired Liam Mulligan, the hero of the novels, to investigate the background of a college star they are thinking of drafting. At first, the job seems routine, but as soon as he starts asking questions, he gets push-back. The player has something to hide, and someone is willing to kill to make sure it remains secret.
To order The Dread Line, you can choose from a list of independent or chain online bookstores here.
