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The Music of What Happens is the third in John Straley's Cecil Younger series. A few of the books in this older series won/were nominated for Shamus awards. It's $1.99 right now in the US, and even less (see below) in the UK.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075WB1C6L
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the...f-what-happens
Kindle UK, £0.80: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B075WB1C6L
Kobo UK, £0.99/discountable to £0.68: https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/the...f-what-happens

Spoiler:

Sitka P.I. Cecil Younger is fresh out of rehab with a head wound, a child custody case from hell, and the clients to match . . .

Confrontational and obsessed, Priscilla DeAngelo is sure her ex is conspiring with a state senator to wrest her son from her, and thus, she hires Cecil Younger to investigate. This is the first time Younger has to deal with lawyers in flashy suits and overused paper shredders. When she storms off to Juneau for a showdown, Younger’s custody case swiftly turns into a murder. Younger is fired from the defense team, but he can't stop thinking about the case, and keeps on with the investigation alone. He's not sure what keeps him involved. Is it Priscilla’s sister (his lost love)? His regard for truth as a rare commodity? Or the head injury Priscilla's ex gave him?

But there’s one thing he knows: he won't let go until it’s solved, even if it kills him.