Waking Up Alive

A Rock & Roll Mystery

By: Jaylynn Wylie

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins

Publisher's summary

NOTE TO THE READER: This book has been re-edited in March 2023 for a quality reader experience.
The unexpected death of future Hall of Fame musician Tell Garrison has left struggling music reporter Jack Neil with more questions than answers. Twenty-five years earlier, Roddy, an apparent con man who bore a startling resemblance to Tell, filed a lawsuit, claiming that Tell was a con artist and fraud. Roddy swore he was the real Tell Garrison and entitled to the royalties from his music. But when Jack looks into Roddy's claims after Tell's death, Jack is left wondering if the real Tell Garrison is going to his grave.

What if there were actually two men living different parts of Tell's very public life, before and after his time in rehab? Is Roddy a deeply troubled soul or a man who had everything, including his name, taken from him? Was Tell a gifted musician, loving husband, and dad or a monster who condemned another man to eternal limbo by stealing his name? Jack doesn't simply want to know; he needs to know. And the public has the right to the truth.

Powerful music industry executive Shay Bennett doesn't want any of that ugly history revisited. She wants to protect her family and the memory of the man she loved. Now, Jack's wife fears Shay will ruin what is left of his career. What worries Jack is that the increasingly unstable Roddy wants answers from Shay, too. After the death of Roddy's lawyer and a break-in at Tell's psychiatrist's office, Jack wonders if he should leave the past buried with Tell.