The Widower's Two-Step (Tres Navarre #2)

In the second installment of the Tres Navarre series, our protagonist is just a few hours away from completing his apprenticeship and obtaining his PI license. He takes on a seemingly simple case of tracking down a musician suspected of theft, but his attention is diverted when he witnesses the murder of fiddle player Julie Kearnes. Tres is torn between walking away and letting the police handle it, but he can't resist getting involved. This leads him to Miranda Daniels, a talented singer caught in the middle of a power struggle between two music moguls. One of them has a reputation for causing harm to those who cross him, while the other has mysteriously disappeared. As Tres delves deeper into the case, he realizes he's stumbled into a dangerous web of greed, betrayal, and homicide - and he may be the next victim.