Author Guy Hale has released his new music-inspired novel, 'Killing Me Softly'. It will be followed by volumes two and three of the 'Comeback Trail' series, arriving in late 2022 and summer 2023, respectively.

The book also comes with a fascinating 12-song collection inspired by the main character, Jimmy Wayne, and put together by Billboard-topping blues-rock singer-songwriter Mike Zito, featuring multiple Grammy nominee Kid Anderson.

'Killing Me Softly' set in the Nevada desert, commences with an electrifying introduction to Jimmy Wayne, a down-on-his-luck singer- songwriter whose fortunes turn around after he realises he's written the best song he has ever written. However, realism strikes when he discovers the song was written after committing a murder unintentionally.

Wrestling with his desire for success and the morality of what he needs to do to achieve it, Jimmy starts searching out the most terrible people he's ever known. He also comes face to face with the ultimate question, what will he do for fame?

The new book by Guy Hale, founder and CEO of Hillside Global and its sister label Gulf Records, in the United States, describes the book's inspiration. Guy explains: "Over a meal in LA two years ago, Mike Zito informed me about a recurring dream. He'd killed someone by accident, and when he awoke, there was a brand-new song written in his handwriting on his bedside table. It was a great tune, but he realised that he could only produce such brilliant music if he killed. I knew this was the foundation for a brilliant narrative as soon as he told me, and Jimmy Wayne was born."

Jimmy Wayne's songs contained in the book, recorded in character by Mike Zito, are available to download exclusively with the purchase of the book, which is out now; it is not one to be missed!