Black Orchid Blues
Mysteries and crime stories, Historical fiction, General fiction, Women sleuths
Synthetic audio, Automated braille
Summary
Lanie Price a 1920s 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 P Evil hides behind the genteel facades of affluent Strivers Row and stalks the ballroom of one of Harlem s most famous gay parties In a complex plot that keeps the reader tied to the page Black Orchid Blues explores the depths of human depravity and the desperation of its victims