The Four-Bar Progression - Neil Ames PI Mystery Series, #2

A Found Father. A Mysterious Bracelet. Avant-Garde Jazz. And.Nanobot Murder Suspects. Private investigator Neil Ames returns from Kazakhstan to find his friend, Octavia Clarke-shattered. She had just received devastating news-her real biological father is Dr. Bastien Beaulieu, a celebrated jazz composer and nanotech genius-and he was found brutally murdered. With a determined look in her sapphire eyes, she convinces Neil to venture to Montreal with her, their mission clear - to unravel the truth behind Bastien's death.
When Neil discovers startling connections between an enigmatic bracelet and the avant-garde jazz album, The Four-Bar Progression; the intriguing clues lead them into a complex web of family secrets, jealous mad-scientist half-sisters, nanobots, encrypted codes, corrupt international corporations, and deadly criminal networks. But as Neil gets closer to revealing Bastien's murderer, Octavia is caught in a deadly game.
Neil devises a daring plan-but can his improvised gambit outwit the sinister forces targeting her, or will it escalate into a fatal face-off?Set in the smoke-infused Pacific Northwest to New Orleans' hurricane-battered streets and Montreal's icy alleys, The Four-Bar Progression is Book 2 of the Neil Ames, PI Series