Publisher's Synopsis
Harvey Boyd is a small-town radio newsman who thinks the biggest story of his career is the murder trial of Angel Whaley, accused of offing her husband - rising country star Jared Whaley - in his dressing room before a show at a local nightclub.He has no idea.Following a field trip to the station by a group of sixth-graders, Harvey finds a suspicious document uploaded to his laptop. It had to have been put there by that quiet kid who'd slipped away from the tour and been caught at the computer, yet there's no way this twelve-year-old redneck could have written the words. They tell the story of a middle-aged country singer, murdered just as his career was taking off. It's written with intelligence and humor. It's written in the first-person. It's written in the past tense.Harvey's about to become a part of the biggest story of his career."Diary of a Dead Guy" is part ghost story, part outrageous comedy, and part whimsical-yet-sobering look at some of the harsh realities of the country music business. Alternating between the first-person memoirs of the suddenly-deceased Jared and the narrative tale of a small town turned upside-down, it describes what can happen when the unfathomable thrusts itself upon the innocent, leaving no other option than to believe.
