Murder, Ken Kesey, and Me — Diana Deverell

An indie company comes to Oregon to film Acid Test: The Life of Ken Kesey. Eugene location scout Estrella “Star” Stevens stumbles over a dead body and into the crushing embrace of the FBI. She's forced to join their risky investigation of gangland boss and titty bar owner Oscar Quarry. Narrowly escaping death, she's suddenly living her own movie. Will she be a star? Or the next corpse? And which homicidal Oregonian is racking up the body count?

A fellow Oregonian, Diana followed Ken Kesey to Stanford where her creative writing class was NOT the one he visited while on the lam. Those parallels form the basis of a lifelong fascination with the man and his brilliant novels. Her tribute to Kesey is a comic mystery evoking a laid-back era, in sharp contrast to a harsh post 9/11 law enforcement approach.

A Macavity Award finalist acclaimed for “sharp storytelling” (Publishers Weekly), Diana Deverell brings you an intriguing heroine and a cast of entertaining characters in this amusing mystery. Treat yourself to pages of fun and buy Murder, Ken Kesey, and Me today.