Only the Good Die Young: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Billy Joel
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From Cold Spring Harbor in 1971 to River of Dreams in 1993¸ Billy Joel released a dozen studio albums that remade the face of American pop music¸ produced twenty-six Top 10 singles (on Billboard's Top 100 and Adult Contemporary charts)¸ and earned the Piano Man six Grammys. Although he hasn't released a recording of new songs in almost thirty years¸ Joel's live performances continue to electrify audiences around the globe-and until COVID-19 put things on hold he had sold out New York's Madison Square Garden for a record-shattering seventy-four consecutive monthly shows!
In this collection¸ twelve award-winning writers of short crime fiction tackle the Joel catalog¸ and the result-edited by Josh Pachter¸ whose The Beat of Black Wings: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Joni Mitchell earned rave reviews in 2020-is a journey down life's mean streets with a soundtrack by one of the great singer-songwriters of our time¸ and contributors Michael Bracken¸ Jeff Cohen¸ David Dean¸ John M. Floyd¸ Barb Goffman¸ James D.F. Hannah¸ Richard Helms¸ Robert Lopresti¸ Jenny Milchman¸ Terrie Farley Moran¸ Richie Narvaez¸ and Pachter himself are donating a third of their royalties to support the work of the Joel Foundation.
In the Gospel According to Billy¸ only the good die young. Within these pages¸ though¸ Death is an equal-opportunity exterminator¸ and the stories you'll find here don't just hit the charts: they go all the way to Number One ... with a bullet!
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