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A sweeping tale of old loves and festering hatreds, this story will plunge you into the glittering world of Jazz Age Harlem, from the wealthy salons of its movers and shakers to the crowded tenements of its poor. Years earlier, David McKay, an attorney from a prominent Strivers' Row family, mysteriously disappeared while on a covert mission in the South. Now, he's back, drawn home by the news of his sister's suicide. The deeper he probes into ...

A page-turning thriller infused with pockets of romance." -M. P. McKinney, APOOO Book Club "Lanie Price is not just Easy Rollins in a dress." -Alan Symonette, Philadelphia It is Christmas 1923. Esther Todd is a lovely young pianist, a rising star. Her future is bright, her escape from poverty a real possibility. That is until she vanishes one night along the snowy streets of New York City. Days later, thieves hit the home of her society patr...

Vera Kincaid had everything to live for. The wife of a wealthy preacher man, she was smart, beautiful, and popular. But lovely wives often have dark secrets. Vera was no exception. Society reporter Lanie Price investigates the death of a woman she held dear and finds out that, for Vera, forbidden love had deadly consequences. Dear Sister Dead is part of the popular Lanie Price 1920s historical mystery series. If you like fast-paced suspense, ...

The best kind of historical mystery: great history, great mystery, all wrapped up in a voice so authentic you feel it has come out of the past to whisper in your ear." -Lee Child, New York Times bestselling author "Remarkable … Imagine the richly provocative atmosphere of Walter Mosley or James Ellroy's best period work, and a savvy, truly likable heroine, and you have Black Orchid Blues." -Jason Starr Society columnist Lanie Price finds h...

For 1920's society reporter Lanie Price, the photographer found shot through the eye in the back of his studio isn't just another story. It's personal.On a dank night in September, Lanie is called to the scene of a grisly double murder. The victims: a popular photographer and a Cotton Club beauty. The suspect: the dead man's jealous wife. Found weeping over his body, her wails of grief and regret condemn her on the spot. The cops say the wife ...

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Vera Kincaid had everything to live for. The wife of a wealthy preacher man, she was smart, beautiful, and popular. But lovely wives often have dark secrets. Vera was no exception. When she's seen with a man she shouldn't have been-and found in a place she shouldn't have been-more than her reputation is threatened. Society reporter Lanie Price investigates the death of a woman she held dear and finds out that, for Vera, forbidden love had dead...

The best kind of historical mystery: great history, great mystery, all wrapped up in a voice so authentic you feel it has come out of the past to whisper in your ear." -Lee Child, New York Times bestselling author"[Walker] blends taut prose, memorable characters, and a strong creation of setting to craft a terrific historical mystery. I want to hear more from Walker and her winning lead, Lanie Price." -Alafair Burke"Remarkable ... Imagine the ...

Old loves, festering hatreds, and buried family secrets: A man returns from the dead in this sweeping tale of Jazz Age New York.Civil rights attorney David McKay disappeared years ago while investigating a lynching down South. Now, he's back, very much alive and very determined to unearth the truth about his sister's brutal death. His search rips back the curtain on the glittering world of the Harlem Renaissance to reveal a world of lies, hypo...

For 1920's society reporter Lanie Price, the photographer found shot through the eye in the back of his studio isn't just another story. It's personal.On a dank night in September, Lanie is called to the scene of a grisly double murder. The victims: a popular photographer and a Cotton Club beauty. The suspect: the dead man's jealous wife. Found weeping over his body, her wails of grief and regret condemn her on the spot. The cops say the wife ...

It's the 1920s and New York is the place to be. Lanie Price is busy covering the gritty underside of Harlem's glamorous high life. A gutsy reporter with a golden heart, she's willing to ask the hard questions. She'll go anywhere, talk to anyone, to get her story. So when Lanie revisits the long unsolved mystery of a young woman's disappearance, she starts asking some tough questions--the right kind of questions, but of the wrong kind of people...

It is 1926, the heart of the Roaring Twenties, and Harlem is the place to be. Years after dropping out of Harlem society, David McKay, a handsome lawyer from a prominent Strivers' Row family, returns home, devastated by the news of his sister's suicide. Burdened by a secret of his own, he dares to stay in Harlem to seek answers about Lilian's death.He rediscovers the world of the Harlem Renaissance, a place of suffocating class strictures, sed...

Front Page" meets "Harlem Nights" a riveting and racy historical mystery set in 1920s Harlem.