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Dead Man's Blues: A Novel
Dead Man's Blues A Novel
Author: Ray Celestin
Set in Chicago in 1928 and featuring Pinkerton detectives, a murdered heiress, shadowy gangsters?and even Louis Armstrong?this is the bluesy, atmospheric sequel to the award-winning The Axeman. Chicago, 1928. In the stifling summer heat three disturbing events take place. A clique of city leaders is poisoned in a fancy hotel. A white gangster is...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781681775609
ISBN-10: 1681775603
Publication Date: 12/5/2017
Pages: 464
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Publisher: Pegasus Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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This is a good 2nd book in this series. This one takes place in Chicago in 1928. In the very beginning our young Louis Armstrong hops on a train leaving New Orleans to join a band in Chicago. Chicago is full of violence and corruption during this prohibition era. Al Capone summons his old friend Dante the Gent a rumrunner from NY to find a traitor in the ranks but Dante has his own secrets and issues and doesn't want to be back in Chicago. There are some brutal scenes but it is well done and the mix of fact and fiction in the time makes for good reading.
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