Thanks everyone for checking it out, I appreciate it.

@Trey_Talks, you raise an interesting question, and I was actually wondering about this quite a bit: by setting a murder mystery in this world, how am I presenting/misrepresenting it? In the tradition of a hardboiled thriller, I wanted the book to be a bit lurid and exaggerated -- it's what the genre demands. At the same time, I was worried I'd be doing a disservice to the scene by making it seem worse/darker than it is. What I settled on is an acknowledgment of the more selfish & destructive elements (which are certainly around, but very much in the minority) to drive my story -- balanced by what I hope is a clear sense, from the protagonists, that this isn't what Phish is about. Ultimately, that's Q's motivation: he's a family man who wants to preserve some kind of Phishy ideal that always brings it back to music and joy.

It's up to you guys to decide if I hit the right balance. Just wanted to chime in and say that I don't think it's a minor point at all, and that it was very much on my mind as I was writing.