The Crow Valley Karaoke Championships by Ali Bryan

A year after forest fires ravaged the town of Crow Valley and claimed the life of Dale Jepsonkaraoke legend, local prison guard, and all-around good guythe community hosts a high-stakes karaoke competition. But when a convicted murderer escapes from nearby Crow Valley Correctional, residents discover there's more on the line than local, perhaps even national, karaoke fame.

In this darkly comedic, fast-paced ride through an unforgettable small town, five residents with intimate connections to Dale and drastically different goals for the night will collide into, conspire with, and aid one another as they scramble to make it successfully through the evening under the scrutinizing watch of neighbors.

To the soundtrack of classics belted out with abandon, voices will crack, cars will be stolen, marriages will falter, and kids will slip away in search of trouble. And maybe, just maybe, lives will be transformed for the better.(From Macmillan).

Ali Bryan is a writer from Nova Scotia. Herfirst novel,Roost, won the Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction.Her second novel,The Figgs, wasshortlistedforStephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humourin 2019.