nNo one talks to the cops. Everyone talks to the bartender. nn And Avalon Nash is one hell of a bartender. nn n nn nAvalon is on the run from her life in Los Angeles. Having a drink while waiting to change trains in the former Olympic town of Tranquility, New York, she discovers the freshly murdered bartender at MacTavishs. A bartender herself, shes offered the position with the warning he wasnt the first MacTavishs bartender to meet a violent end.n n nn nAvalons superpower is collecting peoples stories, and shes soon embroiled in the lives of artists, politicians, ghost hunters and descendants of Old Hollywood.n n nn nCan Avalon outrun the ghosts of her past, catch the ghosts of Tranquilitys past and outsmart a murderer?n n nn nThe first book in the Bartenders Guide to Murder series offers chills, laughs, and 30 of the best drink recipes ever imbibed.n