In the summer of 1925, ambitious and beautiful New York jazz performer Lizzie Crane and her troupe land a plum job that could give them their big career break: a week-long engagement celebration for the daughter of a wealthy (and shady) industrialist to a Russian count. But Lizzie barely has time to enjoy her good luck–which includes the amorous attentions of the heir to her employer’s vast fortune–before the group’s saxophonist is stabbed to death. The local police suspect her and her musician friends and place them under house arrest, where they’re at the mercy of the very people who have the most to lose if the murder is solved. As Lizzie delves into her slain colleague’s mysterious past, she discovers secrets worth killing to protect and risks her own life in the process.
A propos de l’auteur
Skye Alexander is the author of more than 40 fiction and nonfiction books. Her stories have appeared in anthologies internationally and her work has been translated into more than a dozen languages. In 2003, Skye cofounded Level Best Books with fellow authors Kate Flora and Susan Oleksiw. After spending thirty-one years in Massachusetts, she now lives in Texas with her black Manx cat Zoe.