Chasing the Devil's Tail: A Valentin St. Cyr Mystery (Valentin St. Cyr Mysteries)

Fulmer, David

ISBN 10: 1890208841 / ISBN 13: 9781890208844

Edité par Poisoned Pen Press, 2001

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• Titre: Chasing the Devil's Tail: A Valentin St. Cyr Mystery (Valentin St. Cyr Mysteries)
• Éditeur: Poisoned Pen Press
• Date de parution: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1890208841
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781890208844
• Reliure: hardcover
• État de l'article: New

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Book by Fulmer David

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Storyville, 1907: In this raucous, bloody, red-light district, where two thousand scarlet women ply their trade in grand mansions and filthy dime-a-trick cribs, where cocaine and opium are sold over the counter, and where rye whiskey flows like an amber river, there's a killer loose. Someone is murdering Storyville prostitutes and marking each killing with a black rose. As Creole detective Valentin St. Cyr begins to unravel the murder against this extraordinary backdrop, he encounters a cast of characters drawn from history: Tom Anderson, the political boss who runs Storyville like a private kingdom; Lulu White, the district's most notorious madam; a young piano player who would come to be known as Jelly Roll Morton; and finally, Buddy Bolden, the man who all but invented jazz and is now losing his mind.
No ordinary mystery, Chasing the Devil's Tail is a chilling portrait of musical genius and self-destruction, set at the very moment when jazz was born.