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Black Orchid Blues

by Persia Walker
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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 what does the kidnapper want—and how many people is he willing to kill to get it?

Evil hides behind the genteel facades of affluent Strivers' Row, and stalks the ballroom of a famous drag party, in this "dark, sexy" mystery set during the Harlem Renaissance (Publishers Weekly).

"Lanie has the makings of a strong series heroine. Walter Mosley fans, in particular, should look for more from this promising crime writer." —Booklist

"Black Orchid Blues works as a study of class and race, plus the debilitating effects of grief, the question of identity and the far-reaching impact of family secrets . . . Walker has a crystal clear eye for what motivates people as she explores disparity and desperation." —South Florida Sun-Sentinel

"Put a Bessie Smith platter on the Victrola, and go with the flow on this mystery/romance/history mix." —Library Journal

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Publisher: Akashic Books

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  • ISBN: 9781617750199
  • Release date: March 22, 2011

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  • ISBN: 9781617750199
  • File size: 656 KB
  • Release date: March 22, 2011
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Fiction African American Fiction Literature Mystery

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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 what does the kidnapper want—and how many people is he willing to kill to get it?

Evil hides behind the genteel facades of affluent Strivers' Row, and stalks the ballroom of a famous drag party, in this "dark, sexy" mystery set during the Harlem Renaissance (Publishers Weekly).

"Lanie has the makings of a strong series heroine. Walter Mosley fans, in particular, should look for more from this promising crime writer." —Booklist

"Black Orchid Blues works as a study of class and race, plus the debilitating effects of grief, the question of identity and the far-reaching impact of family secrets . . . Walker has a crystal clear eye for what motivates people as she explores disparity and desperation." —South Florida Sun-Sentinel

"Put a Bessie Smith platter on the Victrola, and go with the flow on this mystery/romance/history mix." —Library Journal

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Fiction African American Fiction Literature Mystery
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