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"The rumor went through the Nightingale like a flood, quietly rising, whispers hovering on lips in pockets of silence. Life as a working-class girl in Prohibition-era New York isn't safe or easy. But Vivian Kelly has a new job at the Nightingale, an underground speakeasy where the jazz is hot and the employees look out for each other in a world that doesn't care about them. Things are finally looking up for her and her sister Florence... until the...
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Jim Powell can't help but be defined as a "jelly-bean"-a man who spends his life in a state of idleness. Not particularly sociable and ill at ease around women, Jim decides to dedicate his life to his work. Yet, after returning from service in the First World War, Jim meets an old classmate by chance, and through him, may evolve into something more than just a jelly-bean. "The Jelly-Bean" references the locale and some of the characters that were...
5) May Day
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May Day 1919 in New York. Gordon Sterrett is a retunerd soldier who goes to see Philip Dean, his old friend from college. Gordon is in trouble and he asks Dean, who is rich, to borrow him some money. The money would assure that Gordon could follow his dreams and become an artist.Dean, however, does not want to loan Gordon the money. Despite of that, the two men end up going to a party together. They don't know yet that this very day will stay in history...
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Shocking in a clever, poignant way, this story is about a pitiful young guy, who falls in love from afar with a beautiful, wealthy, young and vivacious girl with russet red hair. A seemingly chance run-in with her has a profound impact on the rest of his life.
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"First in a captivating Jazz age mystery series from author Katharine Schellman, Last Call at the Nightingale beckons readers into a darkly glamorous speakeasy where music, liquor, and secrets flow. New York, 1924. Vivian Kelly's days are filled with drudgery, from the tenement lodging she shares with her sister to the dress shop where she sews for hours every day. But at night, she escapes to The Nightingale, an underground dance hall where illegal...
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Jazz Age Chronicles volume 1
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"The Case of the Beguiling Baroness" part 1 of 3. Set in the 1920's Jazz Chronicles centers around Ace Mifflin, private eye, who finds himself plunged into mysteries that go beyond his comfort zone of speakeasies and the streets of Boston. When famed archeologist Clifford Jennings' Secret Society needs to keep track of Baroness Von Treska, a notorious dabbler in the black arts, they hire Ace Mifflin. And that's when things really get out of hand....
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Jazz Age Chronicles volume 5
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"Vote Early and Often" part 2 of 2. Ace Mifflin, private eye, finds himself on the wrong side of the law as he attempts to help an old friend beat a murder charge. On the verge of finding the proof that he needs to clear his friend, his evidence disappears. With the election primary coming up, can Mifflin reassemble all the pieces and prove his allegations that the real murderer is running for office?
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Jazz Age Chronicles volume 6
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Double Mystery "The Flowers of San Pedro". Jennings and Mifflin travel to New Mexico to investigate the disappearance of Jennings' old colleague, Professor Russell. Mifflin finds himself out of his element of speakeasies and city streets as he travels into the midst of cutthroats, Indian shamans, and occult evil. Now he has to deal with a town of very angry villagers and a secret tunnel covered with the mysterious flowers of San Pedro. But when the...
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Jazz Age Chronicles volume 2
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"The Case of the Beguiling Baroness" part 2 of 3. When the dead body of Baroness Von Treska turns out to be not her, Ace Mifflin is introduced to mysteries that really take him from his comfort zone of speakeasies and the streets of Boston. Now Jennings, Mifflin, and Flynt track down a killer that is beyond anything Mifflin has experienced before. But even if they can catch the killer, how can they possibly stop him?
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Jazz Age Chronicles volume 7
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"The Flowers of San Pedro" part 2 of 3. Ace Mifflin finds himself out of his element of speakeasies and city streets as he travels to Colorado into the midst of cutthroats, Indian shamans, and occult evil. Now he has to deal with a town of very angry villagers and a secret tunnel covered with the mysterious flowers of San Pedro. But when the lead starts to fly, how do the four of them stand a chance? And what connection could the flowers that Professor...
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Jazz Age Chronicles volume 8
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"The Flowers of San Pedro" part 3 of 3. As the clues become harder to find Ace Mifflin finds that the crime-ridden streets of his Boston neighborhood were nothing compared to what he experiences out West. Mifflin finds himself out of his element as he travels into the midst of cutthroats, Indian shamans, and occult evil. Now he has to deal with a town of very angry villagers and a secret tunnel covered with the mysterious flowers of San Pedro. But...
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Jazz Age Chronicles volume 4
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"Vote Early and Often" part 1 of 2. Ace Mifflin, private eye, finds himself on the wrong side of the law as he attempts to help an old friend beat a murder charge. With almost everything against him, can Mifflin clear himself and his friend? And what connection could all this have with a disaster in Mifflin's past that nearly brought Boston to its knees?
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Jazz Age Chronicles volume 1
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Double Mystery! Set in the 1920's Jazz Chronicles centers around Ace Mifflin, private eye, who finds himself plunged into mysteries that go beyond his comfort zone of speakeasies and the streets of Boston. "The Case of the Beguiling Baroness". When famed archeologist Clifford Jennings' Secret Society needs to keep track of Baroness Von Treska, a notorious dabbler in the black arts, they hire Mifflin. And that's when things really get out of hand....
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Jazz Age Chronicles volume 9
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While Professor Clifton Jennings and Ace Mifflin settle their differences in a heated baseball game, young genius, Nora Carlisle, uncovers a mystery of her own at the college she is attending.
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Jazz Age Chronicles volume 6
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"The Flowers of San Pedro" part 1 of 3. Jennings and Mifflin travel to Colorado to investigate the disappearance of Jennings' old colleague, Professor Russell who was a member of a secret organization. Mifflin finds himself out of his element of speakeasies and city streets as he travels into the midst of cutthroats, Indian shamans, and occult evil. Now he has to deal with a town of very angry villagers and a secret tunnel covered with the mysterious...
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Jazz Age Chronicles volume 3
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"The Case of the Beguiling Baroness" part 3 of 3. Time is running out for Professor Jennings, private eye Ace Mifflin, and Flynt as they desperately try to find a seemingly supernatural killer that now has taken Flynt's sister.
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A Jazz Age rake investigates an utterly divine art-world mystery Everyone who's anyone knows Bedford Green. Once a merciless gossip columnist, he has given up the life of sleaze and secrets and decamped for the Village to open a gritty little art gallery showcasing the most shocking European artists imaginable. The gallery is a money pit, and Green is in debt to some of the roughest loan sharks south of 14th Street, but that doesn't stop him from...
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