Hey Jude, is a Beatles inspired mystery.The Setting is the small mountain community of Lake Arrowhead, California, where Hey Jude author Don Baker lived for 15 years, and the colorful history and texture of the Beatles is woven throughout the novel. Characters and names that you almost recognize pop in and out of the story as the murder is solved.Jude Julian Jones is a 30 something Direct Marketer who lives in Lake Arrowhead. Named after one of the most famous songs in pop culture, Jude is a collector of rare Beatle memorabilia. Other people’s rare Beatle memorabilia, that is. He finds himself in the line of fire when he discovers a dead body while attempting to steal a set of rare Beatles lithographs.Cynthia is Jude’s former wife and current sheriff of Lake Arrowhead. Her job is to find the killer. She’s a tightly wound blond who thinks happiness is a warm gun and would like nothing better than see Jude take a sad song and make it sadder.Sweet Loretta is the Audrey Hepburn of music. Beautiful, polite and always well dressed, Loretta visits the Jude Direct Marketing Agency asking for help to market a very special musical collection: The last and only unreleased album recorded by the Beatles. Jude is all too happy to help until he discovers Loretta’s late husband may have been killed because of the project.If you grew up in the 60’s or the 70’s, you felt the power and the influence of The Beatles first hand.They entertained and inspired with casual charm, their sense of style and yeah yeah yeah…those magical melodies and harmonies. The music was about love and peace and showed us how to survive a turbulent time. They set every sales record and in the process became the biggest entertainment act in the history of the world. Their music will be listened to 500 years from today, the way a Shakespeare play is still performed.Hey Jude the novel, is a Beatles flavored mystery written as a salute to the fab four. It borrows its tone from another of Don Baker’s creative inspirations, Lawrence Block’s gentleman burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr.The novel will entertain a new (and old) generation of Beatle fans. A splendid time is guaranteed for all!