Persia Walker
A sweeping tale of old loves and festering hatreds, this story will plunge you into the glittering world of Jazz Age Harlem, from the wealthy salons of its movers and shakers to the crowded tenements of its poor.
Years earlier, David McKay, an attorney from a prominent Strivers' Row family, mysteriously disappeared while on a covert mission in the South. Now, he's back, drawn home by the news of his sister's suicide. The deeper he probes
..."A page-turning thriller infused with pockets of romance."
—M. P. McKinney, APOOO Book Club
"Lanie Price is not just Easy Rollins in a dress."
—Alan Symonette, Philadelphia
It is Christmas 1923. Esther Todd is a lovely young pianist, a rising star. Her future is bright, her escape from poverty a real possibility. That is until she vanishes one night along the snowy streets of New York City. Days later, thieves
...This tale of a singer's kidnapping in 1920s Harlem is "the best kind of historical mystery" (Lee Child).
Lanie Price, a Harlem society columnist, witnesses the brutal nightclub kidnapping of the "Black Orchid," a sultry, seductive singer with a mysterious past. When hours pass without a word from the kidnapper, puzzlement grows as to his motive. After a gruesome package arrives at Price's doorstep, the questions change. Just