Category: Barry Manilow Songs

Dancing & Reading Barry Manilow-Inspired Fiction!

4/14/2025

Woo-hoo!!! Got my copies of A Killing at the Copa: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Barry Manilow.
My story, "Some Kind of Friend," is based on the song of the same name. * See the full story/song list in my other blog post here.
Buy it at various sites everywhere - you can also order via Bookshop.org. ISBN: 196347970X
Or... You'll get the best ebook rate (and download/own NOT license it) plus get less expensive paperbacks (free shipping!) at the publisher's site here - White City Press.
My story is "Some Kind of Friend," based on the song of the same name.

🎵 About the story:
Clarissa Simone was lucky to fulfill her dreams of dancing at the famed Copacabana nightclub. Those dreams soon tarnished, however, when she was blamed for the shooting death of fellow dancer and former friend Mina Ruiz's mobster boyfriend at another local club, The Bar by the Harbor. But was it Clarissa's fault?

🎵 About the Book:
From his early days in the 1970s playing piano for Bette Midler in the bathhouses of New York City to his 2025 lifetime residency in Las Vegas, Barry Manilow has put his stamp on the music industry. With legendary hits such as "Weekend in New England," "Mandy," and "I Write the Songs," Manilow has created a catalog of instantly recognizable songs that have lasted decades and continue to be in rotation on radio stations, elevators and Spotify playlists to this day.
Manilow also created a legendary musical crime in his song "Copacabana," telling the story of feather-wearing dancer Lola who is caught between bartender Tony and patron Rico as the two men vie for her affections...and ultimately meet untimely ends.
Now, 13 crime author fans of Barry (affectionately known as "Fanilows") take on other songs from his collection of hits to tell all new stories of love, life, relationships and other situations gone horribly wrong. All the hits are here, as well as a few lesser-known tracks.
Features all new stories from Karen Keeley, Linda Kay Hardie, Adam Gorgoni, Maya St. Clair, Matt McGee, Laurie Stevens, Caleb Weinhardt, Kurtis Rupé, Recita Clemons, J. M. Taylor, John M. Floyd, T. Fox Dunham, Christine Verstraete and Shari Held.

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Release: A Killing at the Copa: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Barry Manilow

3/17/2025

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This releases on March 18.

Yay!! Today (March 18 but pre-orders are live) is Release Day for A Killing at the Copa: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Barry Manilow.
  My song, "Some Kind of Friend," is based on the song of the same name. * See the full story/song list in my other blog post here or scroll down on this site.
*** Buy it at various sites everywhere - you can also order via Bookshop.org.  ISBN: 196347970X
Or... You'll get the best ebook rate (and download not license it) and less expensive paperbacks (plus free shipping!) at the publisher's site here - White City Press.
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Here are a few other places to get it:
Amazon.com - B&N - Japan: Rakuten - Indigo/Chapters/Canada - Smashwords

About the Book:
From his early days in the 1970s playing piano for Bette Midler in the bathhouses of New York City to his 2025 lifetime residency in Las Vegas, Barry Manilow has put his stamp on the music industry. With legendary hits such as "Weekend in New England," "Mandy," and "I Write the Songs," Manilow has created a catalog of instantly recognizable songs that have lasted decades and continue to be in rotation on radio stations, elevators and Spotify playlists to this day.

Manilow also created a legendary musical crime in his song "Copacabana," telling the story of feather-wearing dancer Lola who is caught between bartender Tony and patron Rico as the two men vie for her affections...and ultimately meet untimely ends.

Now, 13 crime author fans of Barry (affectionately known as "Fanilows") take on other songs from his collection of hits to tell all new stories of love, life, relationships and other situations gone horribly wrong. All the hits are here, as well as a few lesser-known tracks.

Features all new stories from Karen Keeley, Linda Kay Hardie, Adam Gorgoni, Maya St. Clair, Matt McGee, Laurie Stevens, Caleb Weinhardt, Kurtis Rupé, Recita Clemons, J. M. Taylor, John M. Floyd, T. Fox Dunham, Christine Verstraete and Shari Held.

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Dancing & Reading Barry Manilow-Inspired Fiction!

Release: A Killing at the Copa: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Barry Manilow

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