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1) Iron cast
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Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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In 1919 Boston, best friends Corinne and Ada perform illegally as illusionists in an infamous gangster's nightclub, using their "afflicted" blood to con Boston's elite, until the law closes in.
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English
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“Exceedingly creepy . . . The diabolically gifted British author spins a fascinating mystery from the legacy of Japanese atrocities during World War II.” —Entertainment Weekly
With the redolent atmosphere of Ian Rankin and the spine-chilling characters of Thomas Harris, Mo Hayder’s The Devil of Nanking takes the reader on an electrifying literary ride from the palatial...
With the redolent atmosphere of Ian Rankin and the spine-chilling characters of Thomas Harris, Mo Hayder’s The Devil of Nanking takes the reader on an electrifying literary ride from the palatial...
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A Billie Levine mystery volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
After her mother’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis, Billie Levine revamped her grandfather’s private investigation firm and set up shop in the corner booth of her favorite North Jersey deli hoping the free pickles and flexible hours would allow her to take care of her mom and pay the bills. So when Tommy Russo, a rich kid with a nasty drug habit, offers her a stack of cash to find his missing girlfriend, how can she refuse? At first, Billie thinks this...
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English
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"1925: Chicago is the jazz capital of the world, and the Dreamland Café is the ritziest black-and-tan club in town. Honoree Dalcour, a sharecropper's daughter, is willing to work hard and dance every night on her way to the top. She's socializing with celebrities, but with the temptations of bootleg whiskey, gambling, and gangsters a young woman driven by ambition might risk more than she can stand to lose. 2015: Film student Sawyer Hayes arrives...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Vivian and Florence Kelly are two Irish sisters who work for a seamstress during the day in 1920s New York City. Vivian feels lucky to waitress several nights a week at her favorite underground jazz club, the Nightingale. But when whispers of suicide go through the club one evening, Vivian will once again be caught up in a murder investigation. A new bouncer, Pearlie, is dead. Pearlie's niece, the club's singer Bea, can't believe it's suicide. Bea...
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Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
277 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
This reimagining of the "Twelve Dancing Princesses" traces the story of a family of flappers who work in a 1920s speakeasy until their suspicious father decides to marry them off, prompting a confrontation with a bootlegger from the eldest sister's past.
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English
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"1926, and in a country still recovering from the Great War, London has become the focus for a delirious new nightlife. In the clubs of Soho, peers of the realm rub shoulders with starlets, foreign dignitaries with gangsters, and girls sell dances for a shilling a time. The notorious queen of this glittering world is Nellie Coker, ruthless but also ambitious to advance her six children, including the enigmatic eldest, Niven, whose character has been...
13) Real easy
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"It's 1999, and Samantha has danced for years at the Lovely Lady strip club. She's not used to taking anyone under her wing--after all, between her disapproving boyfriend and his daughter, who may as well be her own child, she has enough to worry about. But when Samantha overrides her better judgment to drive a new dancer home, they are run off the road. The police arrive at the scene of the accident--but find only one body. Georgia, another dancer,...
14) The Sky Club
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Publisher
Keylights Books, an imprint of Turner Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
419 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the wake of her mother's death, Jo Salter leaves her hometown in search of a new life for herself in Asheville, North Carolina, where she uses her gift with numbers to rise through professional ranks at Central Bank & Trust. But when the Great Depression brings her bank down in a seismic crash, Jo finds a new home and job at the Sky Club, an infamous speakeasy and jazz club on the moutainside above town.Striking a partnership with Levi Arrowood,...
15) Haunted in death
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Series
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
3 CDs (approximately 3 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the year 2060, police lieutenant Eve Dallas must solve the murder of singer Bobbie Bray, a murder that occurred in the 1960s. Bobbie once performed at the Number Twelve nightclub. When the club's current owner dies in a bizarrely old-fashioned way, shot to death with bullets, people murmur of the club being haunted. Eve doesn't believe in ghosts, but Bobbie Bray may nevertheless be the key to this mystery.
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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"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 liquor flows and the band plays the Charleston with reckless excitement. With a bartender willing to slip her a free glass of champagne and friends who know the owner, Vivian can lose herself in...
17) Pal Joey
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English
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On the seedy side of Chicago nightlife in the 1930s, Joey Evans is a poor man's Bing Crosby--a big-talking, small-time nightclub crooner down on his luck but always on the make. In slangy, error-littered letters signed "Pal Joey, " he recounts his exploits with brash nightclub managers, shady business partners, and every pretty girl ("mouse") he meets. Charismatic yet conniving, Pal Joey is a smooth operator whose bravado and big ideas disguise a...
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Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Minotaur Books paperback edition.
Physical Desc
352 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A late-night phone call is never good news, especially when you're Roxane Weary. This one is from her brother Andrew, whose evening was interrupted by a visit from Addison, a hip young DJ he knows. She was hysterical, but she wouldn't say what was wrong. After using his phone, she left as quickly as she appeared, and Andrew is worried. That's when he calls Roxane. But another late-night call occurs as well: Addison's father contacts the police after...
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Series
Birthright (Gabrielle Zevin) volume 3
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
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"Anya's new prominence brings out friends, foes, and ghosts from the past. Certain scores must be settled; certain debts must be paid. Surviving a crime-ridden New York City in the 2080s is looking harder and harder for Anya"--
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