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Please Don't Stop the Music - Jane Lovering (2011)
Jemima is on the run from her past trying to make ends meet making and selling jewellery. But her endeavours look set to fail when the scary Saskia stops stocking it in her shop. After a lucky encounter, Jemima starts to supply her jewellery to a tiny music shop run by the mysterious Ben. Jemima seems to be the only person in the world who doesn't know that Ben was in the successful band Willow Down until he fled and quit. As the two of them get closer, they grow further apart too, afraid to reveal their secrets and trust each other. Written well, the diary entries from Ben so you get into his head are a nice touch. Quirky and dark in places, the secrets in this keep you gripped right from the start. (AB)
Please Don't Stop the Music, by Jane Lovering, delves into the mystery of why a successful indie rock musician disappears from the spotlight. The summary says: "Jemima Hutton is determined to build a successful new life and keep her past a dark secret. Trouble is, her jewellery business looks set to fail - until enigmatic Ben Davies offers to stock her handmade belt buckles in his guitar shop and things start looking up, on all fronts. But Ben has secrets too. When Jemima finds out he used to be the front man of hugely successful indie rock band Willow Down, she wants to know more. Why did he desert the band on their US tour? Why is he now a semi-recluse? And the curiosity is mutual - which means that her own secret is no longer safe." Please Don't Stop the Music is out in February. You can read the first two chapters by visiting the publisher's website. The Yorkshire-based Lovering has published two previous novels, Reversing Over Liberace and Slightly Foxed.