<p>With his girlfriend held hostage by a group of cult religious fanatics in armed Winnebagos and his cash flow down to a slow drip, Nashville P.I. Harry James Denton is looking for any case he can find. When rising country music singer Rebecca Gibson is found beaten to death, a heap of damning evidence points to her ex-husband&mdash;and Harry&#39;s pal&mdash;Slim Gibson. Harry digs into the case and discovers the dark history of a marriage made somewhere south of Heaven, somewhere deep in the cutthroat heart of the country music business, where deceit, betrayal, passion and vengeance are not only sung about... they&#39;re lived and died.</p><p>The third installment of award-winning author Steven Womack&rsquo;s Nashville P.I. series, <em><strong>Way Past Dead</strong></em> was nominated for the PWA Shamus Award.</p>