"Weizmann’s music bona fides inform the novel’s tone and purpose, but it’s equally clear how steeped he is in the styles of detective fiction past and present...This is a story of murder, but also of vivid life." -- The New York Times “A confident, polished storyteller who honors his influences and while weaving his amateur detective through a complex mystery that will keep you turning the pages until you’ve reached the haunting finale. A sharp, memorable debut.” -- Alex Segura, bestselling author of Secret Identity A gritty, fast-paced neo-noir that explores the consumptive nature of fame, celebrity, and motherhood through the lens of a driver lost in the gig economy. A struggling songwriter and Lyft driver, Adam Zantz’s life changes when he accepts a ride request in Malibu and 1970s music icon Annie Linden enters his dented VW Jetta. Bonding during that initial ride, the two quickly go off app— over the next three years, Adam becomes her exclusive driver and Annie listens to his music, encouraging Adam even as he finds himself driving more often than songwriting. Then, Annie disappears, and her body washes up under a pier. Left with a final, cryptic text— ‘ come to my arms ’— a grieving Adam plays amateur detective, only to be charged as accomplice-after-the-fact. Desperate to clear his name and discover who killed the one person who believed in his music when no one else in his life did, Adam digs deep into Annie’s past, turning up an old guitar teacher, sworn enemies and lovers, and a long-held secret that spills into the dark world of a shocking underground Men’s Rights movement. As he drives the outskirts of Los Angeles in California, Adam comes to question how well he, or anyone else, knew Annie— if at all.  The Last Songbird is a poignant novel about love, obsession, the price of fame and the burden of broken dreams, with a shifting, twisting plot that's full of unexpected turns. A CrimeReads Best of 2023 Notable Selection A Sunday Times of London Best Mystery of 2023 Open Letters Review Best Mystery Books of 2023 " Weizmann’s music bona fides inform the novel’s tone and purpose, but it’s equally clear how steeped he is in the styles of detective fiction past and present...This is a story of murder, but also of vivid life." -- The New York Times "A moving neonoir cruise through Los Angeles…In hard-boiled language with an added layer of humor and psychological insight, Weizmann tells a tale reliant on the thrill, and pathos, of popular music... At turns thrilling and poignant, this is fine, thoughtful entertainment." -- Kirkus, STARRED review "Failed dreams, unfulfilled ambition and past glory swirl through the character-driven The Last Songbird ...Weizmann adds an intriguing look at the music industry and the personalities it attracts, showing both its past and current vibe...Readers will want to buckle up their seatbelts for Addy Zantz’s next drive on the Pacific Coast Highway." --Oline Cogdill, South Florida Sun-Sentinel "Weizmann seamlessly weaves vibrant L.A. music industry personalities into the suspenseful plot. This tense whodunit deserves a sequel." -- Publishers Weekly " The Last Songbird is an enthralling and often deeply amusing read; it’s a novel that puts a 2020s spin on LA noir in the same way that Robert Altman’s The Long Goodbye gave Raymond Chandler a sun-drenched ‘70s twist." --The Forward "The Last Song­bird takes the read­er on a car ride through the dark and lone­ly streets of Los Angeles as the dri­ver tries to find the mur­der­er of a pop icon and dis­cov­er who she real­ly was... Thanks to [Weizmann's] incred­i­ble knowl­edge of pop music, he has writ­ten a ter­rif­ic debut mys­tery nov­el that looks like the begin­ning of a series." --The Jewish Book Council "Even if you’re not clued into the lore of South Bay punk, The Last Songbird is a ripping-good story that is also a humorous but heartfelt rumination on what it means to make art the world doesn’t value. The set-up ensures that the story is always moving, the characters always going places. The Last Songbird is everything you want from a contemporary mystery and the novel even bears an affinity to Thomas Pynchon’s Inherent Vice ." --Jim Ruland for Razorcake "a story of broken, damaged families and long-held secrets that’s straight out of a Ross Macdonald novel. THE LAST SONGBIRD is also an incisive examination of toxic masculinity..." --Bookreporter "Props to Daniel Weizmann for respecting older women as artists and for his clear dedication to writing about music in an evocative and intelligent manner." -- CrimeReads "The Last Songbird is the kind of novel that sneaks up on you. Before you know it, what began as an ordinary run-out written in a pedestrian style soon starts to show flashes of street-level lyricism and incisiveness...one of the most entertaining crime novels I’ve read for some time." --On the Seawall "This debut