Review: Automatic Stay by Mark Shaiken
Author Mark Shaiken delivers a character-driven battle between history and finance in Automatic Stay, the second installment of his 3J Mystery series, a nuanced legal thriller that is also a love letter to Kansas City, celebrating the diversity of history, architecture, music, and culture that makes the city shine.
In an attempt to revitalize the music scene of Kansas City, the wealthy Rapinoes boldly invested in jazz clubs and the money kept rolling in, until Covid crippled the country and shuttered stages – a setup for an incredibly timely mystery. Their ambitious businesses and venues took a major hit, […]