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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 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 the music. No one asks where she came from or how much money she has. No one bats an eye if she flirts with men or women as long as she can keep up on the dance floor. At The Nightingale, Vivian forgets the dangers of Prohibition-era New York and finds a place that feels like home.
But then she discovers a body behind the club, and those dangers come knocking.
Caught in a police raid at the Nightingale, Vivian discovers that the dead man wasn't the nameless bootlegger he first appeared. With too many people assuming she knows more about the crime than she does, Vivian finds herself caught between the dangers of the New York's underground and the world of the city's wealthy and careless, where money can hide any sin and the lives of the poor are considered disposable...including Vivian's own.
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3 primary booksNightingale Mysteries is a 3-book series with 3 released primary works first released in 2022 with contributions by Katharine Schellman. 1 book is still to be released. The next book is scheduled for release on .
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Stumbled onto this book. Enjoyable, great setting and nice character building. I enjoyed the time period as well!
Pretty good! Typical whodunit set in the Prohibition era. Lots of jazz, glasses tinking, and flatter's dancing in speakeasies. The actual mystery is sufficient; I didn't think it was mind-blowing, but it keeps the reader engaged. I enjoyed the portions of the book showing textile working conditions and the living conditions of Vivian and her sister, as well as the exploration of race and gender in this time period (though that exploration is a little sparse).
I'd recommend the book to fans of the genre.