Sugarland: A Jazz Age Mystery
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Named one of Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2016
Readers Favorite Book Award Winner
CHICAGO, 1921: Al Capone is on the rise, and a new music called jazz fills thespeakeasies. When talented young pianist Eve Riser is caught in adrive-by shooting that kills the bootlegger standing next to her, sheforms an unlikely friendship with the bootlegger's sister, Lena. Eve islooking for her missing stepsister, a popular night club singer who hasbeen missing since the shoot-out, and Lena wants to find out who killedher brother.
Together these two women navigate the back alleysand jazz clubs of the Roaring Twenties, encountering charismaticmanagers, handsome musicians, and a mysterious gangster called theWalnut who seems to be the key to it all.As they fight racial barrierstrying to discover the truth, Eve and Lena must learn to rely on eachother and trust no one else.
SUGARLAND mixes the excitement ofthe jazz age with the darker side of Prohibition in a gripping storywith "real suspense for anyone who likes a good mystery." (KirkusStarred Review)
Readers Favorite Book Award Winner
CHICAGO, 1921: Al Capone is on the rise, and a new music called jazz fills thespeakeasies. When talented young pianist Eve Riser is caught in adrive-by shooting that kills the bootlegger standing next to her, sheforms an unlikely friendship with the bootlegger's sister, Lena. Eve islooking for her missing stepsister, a popular night club singer who hasbeen missing since the shoot-out, and Lena wants to find out who killedher brother.
Together these two women navigate the back alleysand jazz clubs of the Roaring Twenties, encountering charismaticmanagers, handsome musicians, and a mysterious gangster called theWalnut who seems to be the key to it all.As they fight racial barrierstrying to discover the truth, Eve and Lena must learn to rely on eachother and trust no one else.
SUGARLAND mixes the excitement ofthe jazz age with the darker side of Prohibition in a gripping storywith "real suspense for anyone who likes a good mystery." (KirkusStarred Review)
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