GUY HALE In Person With Paul

GUY HALE chats to Paul Burke about his new novel Blood on the Tracks, character Jimmy Wayne, The Come Back Trail sextet, humour, Basil Exposition and Shakespeare. BLOOD ON THE TRACKS Jimmy Wayne is headed for LA to make the new album that will hopefully make him a star. In a quiet, deserted canyon a few miles outside Blackjack lie the bodies of his victims who inspired each song – all his secrets are buried in that dry and arid ground. Can he leave his past behind or will the ghosts of his past come back to haunt him?First in the Come Back Trail Series:KILLING ME SOFTLY In the town of Blackjack, Nevada, washed-up singer Jimmy Wayne is down on his luck, playing covers to a limited and uninterested audience in a third-rate casino. One morning he awakens to find that everything has changed. Not only has he accidentally murdered Wendy, his girlfriend, but he's also written the best song he's ever produced. Is it the act of killing that helps him create his finest work? And if it is, should he go for a full album? Wrestling for his desire for success, his grasp of morality and haunted by his past mistakes, Jimmy starts searching for the most terrible people he has ever known.GUY HALE is based in England and is branching out from an adventurous background in the music industry. He has two transatlantic recording labels under his belt along side song writing credits for prominent blues musicians such as Kid Anderson, Mike Zito and Albert Castiglia. Most would stop there but not Guy. During the global pandemic Guy began his journey in fiction writing with a novel steeped in inspiration from his adventures on the road in America. Now working exclusively with Hillside Global Ltd and Whitefox Publishing Ltd on a set of novels titled “The Comeback Trail”. Blood on the Tracks follows “Killing Me Softly”...Hillside Global/Guy Hale RecommendationsMusic:John Blues Boyd - What My Eyes Have Seen Mike Zito Blues For The Southside                        ResurrectionBooks:Minnie Driver Managing Expectations Gore Vidal Essays and FictionImran Mahmood All I Said was TrueVictoria Selman Truly Darkly Deeply Vaseem Khan The Lost Man of BombayProduced by Junkyard DogMusic courtesy of Southgate and LeighCrime TimePaul Burke writes for Crime Time, Crime Fiction Lover and the European Literature Network. He is also a CWA Historical Dagger Judge 2022 .Produced by Junkyard DogCrime TimeCrime Time FM is the official podcast ofGwyl Crime Cymru Festival 2023 & 2025CrimeFest 2023CWA Daggers 2023 & 2024 & National Crime Reading Month& Newcastle Noir 2023 and 20242024 Slaughterfest,

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