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

Fulmer, David

ISBN 10: 1890208841 / ISBN 13: 9781890208844

Edité par Poisoned Pen Press, 2001

A propos de cet article

Poisoned Pen Press; Scottsdale, AZ: 2001. Fine/Fine. Hardcover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Stated "First Edition, 2001"; first print with a full number line starting with "1". 8-3/4" tall, 320 numbered pages; one-piece medium brown cloth binding, gilt lettering in spine, boards plain; plain ivory end pages. Book is square, binding tight; very light general wear; corners not bumped; very slight crease at top front gutter; contents clean and unmarked. Jacket is clean and crisp (no mean trick with an all-white jacket!); no tears, markings, fading; flaps not corner cut (price of $24.95 is on rear panel). No other discernible or objectionable faults on book or jacket such as marks or writing within, stains, tears, chips, or other damage that would diminish its appearance. No remainder mark, no previous owner markings or inscriptions, not price clipped, not a book club edition, not a former library book. Signed (barely legibly) by author in thin black felt tip pen (a "Sharpie") on top of title page. The first of four Valentin St. Cyr tales from 1907 New Orleans. A wonderfully evocative portrait of a distant time and place.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Chasing the Devil's Tail (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
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Fine
• État de la jaquette: Fine
• Signé: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Book by Fulmer David

Présentation de l'éditeur

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.