"When struggling homicide precinct clerk Paul Gurney decides to quit his job after a divorce, he isn't sure what the future holds. But after a shady Broadway impresario approaches him about creating a musical based on the homicide newsletter he published, Gurney soon plunges headlong into the world of would-be actors, sharky agents, lecherous songwriters, and other assorted (and sordid) hacks, hams, and con artists....And then it gets worse."--BOOK JACKET.