Wow!! Talk about a time warp! This book definitely took me back to my younger years! This book was very very interesting! It dug into a ton of music industry history and I loved it!! It also had suspense, intriguing, action, murder, mystery, Russian mobsters, and a few crazy twists and turns! I highly recommend reading this book! I definitely enjoyed it! Thank you NetGalley, the author and the publishers for sharing this book with me!

Fresh from a 34-day, 18-city tour of England, professional musician and amateur sleuth Jason Davey accepts an invitation from a fan, Marcus Merritt, to meet at Level 72 of The Shard to sign one of his band’s programs. However, the meeting takes a tragic turn when Marcus hands him the booklet and then leaps to his death from the open viewing platform.

This shocking event sets off a week-long quest for Jason as he is tasked with retrieving a stolen collection of scores by England’s most famous composer, Sir Edward Elgar. The clues left behind by Marcus reflect his love for eccentric puzzles and games, mirroring the 14 themes in Elgar’s renowned Enigma Variations.

Jason’s journey leads him through Derbyshire and back to London, where he embarks on a four-hour walking tour of Soho’s lost music venues. During this adventure, he faces life-threatening challenges from two adversaries: a treacherous Russian gangster who is also hunting for the stolen collection and Marcus’s sister—who holds the key to a decades-old mystery involving a notorious London crime lord’s missing daughter.

Musician Jason Davey agrees to meet fan Marcus Merritt at the top of London's Shard but their brief encounter ends on a shockingly tragic note. As a final request, Marcus sends Jason on a bizarre quest across England to find a set of composer Sir Edward Elgar's missing scores. As Jason solves the clues left by Marcus, he soon realizes that others are also searching for the Elgar scores, including his former nemesis, a treacherous Russian gangster.

This was a fun read with some unexpected twists.

Fresh from a 34-day, 18-city tour of England, professional musician and amateur sleuth Jason Davey accepts an invitation from a fan, Marcus Merritt, to meet at Level 72 of The Shard to sign one of his band's programs. Marcus hands him the booklet, then leaps to his death from the open viewing platform. Thus begins a week-long quest, during which Jason is tasked with retrieving a stolen collection of scores by England’s most famous composer, Sir Edward Elgar.

Marcus shared Elgar's love of eccentric puzzles and games, and the challenging clues he's assembled for Jason seem to mirror the 14 themes in Elgar's renowned Enigma Variations. Jason's journey takes him to Derbyshire and then back to London, and a four-hour walking tour of Soho's lost music venues where, in Denmark Street, he faces a life-threatening battle with two a treacherous Russian gangster who is also hunting for the stolen collection, and Marcus's sister—who holds the key to a decades-old mystery involving a notorious London crime lord's missing daughter.

Bad Boy is the fifth book in Winona Kent's mystery series featuring jazz musican-turned-amateur sleuth Jason Davey.

Loved it. Interesting characters and intriguing plot. Cannot wait to read more from the author. Will recommend to others.