Indie Darling

An indie pop star hires a Nashville private detective to bring her increasingly unhinged stalker to justice in this empowering thriller from Nossett (The Professor). Women hire PI Kelly Williams because, “unlike law enforcement,” she listens, she’s discreet, and she gets results. These qualities appeal to new client Sarah Owens, the front woman of wildly successful, unapologetically feminist indie pop trio Seraph and the Garden Snakes. For two years, the group has received angry messages calling them sluts and whores; recently, a masked man grabbed Sarah near the trio’s shared home and branded her with a W. Kelly vows to ID the assailant, but the next night, somebody shoots Sarah while she’s onstage, and her ambulance vanishes before reaching the hospital. Kelly resolves to keep working the case, praying its solution will lead her to Sarah even as others assume she’s been killed. Nossett’s multifaceted mystery intrigues from the jump, with fraught band dynamics and music industry power plays adding dimension and drama to Kelly’s investigation. Kelly’s charming first-person narration, meanwhile, injects the tense proceedings with humor and hope. Fans of Taylor Jenkins Reid should take note. Agent: Hillary Jacobson, CAA. (July)