{"product_id":"wreck-your-heart-a-mystery-9781250393739","title":"Wreck Your Heart: A Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom award-winning author Lori Rader-Day, \u003ci\u003eWreck Your Heart\u003c\/i\u003e is an engaging, \"wisecracking and wonderful\" crime novel with a big heart, about\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e a country and \u003ci\u003emid\u003c\/i\u003ewestern singer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e out to catch her big break before family--or murder--wrecks everything.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDahlia \"Doll\" Devine had the kind of hardscrabble beginning that could launch a thousand broken-hearted country songs, but now she's the star of her own stage at McPhee's Tavern. As part of Chicago's--yes, Chicago's--country music scene, Dahlia is an up-and-coming singer in spangles and boots of classic country tunes. Up and coming, that is, until her boyfriend Joey up and \u003ci\u003ewent\u003c\/i\u003e, taking the rent money with him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo Dahlia is back to square one, relying on Alex McPhee--\u003ci\u003eagain\u003c\/i\u003e. Alex helped her out of a bad situation when she was a kid living rough with her mother. Now he's part landlord, part band booster, all-around rescuer. It's just that Dahlia wishes she didn't keep giving him reasons to have to do it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJust as Dahlia suspects she's scraped rock bottom, the mother she hasn't spoken to in twenty years shows up with something to say. The next morning, a distraught young woman arrives at the bar, asking after her missing mother--\u003ci\u003eDahlia's\u003c\/i\u003e mother, too, even if the missing suburban PTA mom the girl describes sounds pretty different from the one who let Dahlia down all those years ago. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThough no one is using the word \u003ci\u003esister\u003c\/i\u003e any time soon, Dahlia lets herself be drawn into reuniting the family that might have been hers. But when a body is discovered outside McPhee's Tavern, the crime threatens not just the place Dahlia has made into a home, but everything she's believed about her past, her dreams for the future, and the people she was just, maybe, beginning to let into her heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lori Rader-Day\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Minotaur Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.47h x 6.60w x 1.24d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250393739\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2025 pg. 77\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/03\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLORI RADER-DAY is the Edgar Award-nominated and Agatha, Anthony, and Mary Higgins Clark Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Us\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDeath at Greenway\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Lucky One\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUnder a Dark Sky\u003c\/i\u003e, and others. Lori cochairs the crime fiction readers' event Midwest Mystery Conference and teaches creative writing at Northwestern University. She lives in Chicago with her husband, Greg, and their dog, Clementine. Find the playlist of songs that inspired the writing of \u003ci\u003eWreck \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eYour Heart \u003c\/i\u003eand Lori's other books at www .LoriRaderDay.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Lori Rader-Day \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47566726889629,"sku":"9781250393739","price":49.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_217bec8f-b372-4916-a07b-2289371f7cac.jpg?v=1768315794","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/wreck-your-heart-a-mystery-9781250393739","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}