The Mezzo Wore Mink (No. 6 in the series) Detective Hayden Konig is living the dream. He's rich, he loves his work, and his girlfriend is prettier than a Holiday Gift Basket full of smoked oysters. Still, Hayden's not a man to rest on his laurels. His mission is clear-he will be a writer. Not just a writer, but a hard-boiled, noir detective wordsmith worthy of Raymond Chandler's typewriter. He has to. He owns it. As the choirmaster and organist at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, he's become accustomed to passing out his musical murder mysteries to the choir. They're always happy to give advice. It doesn't always help. Autumn in St. Germaine, North Carolina, is an enchanting time of year. But throw in two murders, an election, a Christian nudist camp, and St. Barnabas' answer to the local Baptist church's annual Singing Christmas Tree - the first-ever performance of The Living Gobbler - and things are bound to become complicated.