Broadway Butterfly
A Thriller
Seattle : Thomas & Mercer, [2023], ©2023.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 411 pages ; 23 cm
"Manhattan, 1923. Scandalous flapper Dot King is found dead in her Midtown apartment, a bottle of chloroform beside her and a fortune in jewels missing. Dot's headline-making murder grips the city. It also draws a clutch of lovers, parasites, and justice seekers into one of the city's most mesmerizing mysteries. Among them: Daily News crime reporter Julia Harpman, chasing the story while navigating a male-dominated industry; righteous NYPD detective John D. Coughlin, struggling against city corruption; and Ella Bradford, the victim's Harlem maid, closest confidante, and keeper of secrets. Adding fuel to the already volatile crime: a politically connected Philadelphia socialite, an Atlantic City bootlegger, Dot's dicey gigolo lover, a sultry Broadway dancer, and a cagey sugar daddy guarding secrets of his own. From Broadway's glittering lights to its sordid underbelly to the machinations of the country's most powerful men, Julia embarks on a quest for justice. What she discovers, twist after breathtaking twist, might be even more nefarious than murder" -- Publisher marketing.
Subjects:
Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.
Jewelry theft -- Fiction.
Women journalists -- Fiction.
Police -- Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951 -- Fiction.
Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.
Jewelry theft -- Fiction.
Women journalists -- Fiction.
Police -- Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951 -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781662510137
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
F DiVello | Main (Downtown) | Display - First Level, Fiction | Out (Due: 6/26/2024) |