Off Key: A Carl Weller Mystery

By William Paxson

OFF KEY

A Carl Weller Mystery

Nine years ago, Carl Weller made a promise to his partner. Now his partner's son is calling it in.

Carl Weller is down to his last forty dollars, an eviction notice, and three fingers of good scotch when a stranger walks into his office in Katy, Texas. A Brooklyn chamber orchestra is in Houston on tour, the threats against its young piano soloist are getting specific, and the soloist will accept only one bodyguard: Carl.

His name is Joseph Carl Edison. He is eighteen, a prodigy, and the son of Ralph Edison, Carl's NYPD partner, who was shot dead on a sleet-slick street on the Lower East Side with Carl at his side.

Three nights. Three concerts. A piano detuned to spell a warning, a dead man's tool bag, a voice on the phone that never takes a breath, and a young man who calls him "Uncle Carl" and wants to know, at last, what really happened that night.

Off Key is a character-driven mystery about guilt, broken promises, and the long way back to the people who never stopped waiting for you.

THE CARL WELLER MYSTERIES

Blood Is Thicker - Crude Intentions - Dead Ringer - Off Key

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HMNPVGTB
• ISBN13: 9798161549247
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"