Shana (ePub)

It's 1969 Las Vegas, Nevada. Monterey Express is currently playing at The Pussy Cat Ago Go, "The Hotspot" dance club on the Vegas Strip. Tony Minetti is the leader of the band. Tony and his drummer, Big John O'Riley, also run a part-time detective agency which changes the course of their lives forever. Knowing the women and pitfalls of Las Vegas, Tony makes a really big mistake! He lets his guard down, falling madly in love with BJ, a sexy blonde from the Strip. She seemed innocent at first, like the girl next door. Not knowing she was trouble, Tony was sexually drawn to her in every way. That few months of heaven ended when The Express

continued their road tour, ending in Hawaii. While playing the Outrigger Hotel in Wakiki, BJ shows up. Tony and Big John quickly find out there is something terribly wrong with her. BJ tells them a contract had been put out on her. She ticked off some of her mafia type playmates. Being a detective, you meet up with real scum bags, prostitutes, and criminals of the underworld. But, Tony didn't see what Big John was seeing. Tony is quickly going down in flames and Big John is trying to put out the fire. John wants Tony to "Drop The Broad" while trying to keep Tony out of harms way. But, he soon finds himself caught up in his own troubles with these gangsters. Already in too deep, they find themselves playing "who do you trust" with the CIA, Las Vegas politicians, and discovering murder along

the way. With all of this happening, Tony is also searching for a

mystery woman, SHANA. The back drop throughout this mystery is

Monterey Express, a solid horn band of the 60's and 70's that travels the West Coast and Hawaii, playing music from Sly and the Family Stone, Chicago, B S and T, and a lot of soul music. This is a fictional story of crime, passion, a mystery woman, great music and many funny antics from their drummer, Big John O'Riley.