Author: | Ellen Mansoor Collier | ISBN: | 9781370089789 |
Publisher: | Ellen Mansoor Collier | Publication: | December 23, 2018 |
Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
Author: | Ellen Mansoor Collier |
ISBN: | 9781370089789 |
Publisher: | Ellen Mansoor Collier |
Publication: | December 23, 2018 |
Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
Language: | English |
When young Galveston Gazette society reporter Jazz Cross hears rumors of grave robbers at the Broadway Cemetery, she and photographer Nathan Blaine investigate, hoping to land a scoop. The newshawks witness meetings held by clandestine gangs and enlist her beau, Prohibition Agent James Burton, to help catch the hoods red-handed.
Meanwhile, the supernatural craze takes Galveston by storm, and Jazz is assigned to profile the society set’s favorite fortune teller, Madame Farushka, yet one more fluffy puff piece for the aspiring journalist. Sightings of a ghost bride haunting the Hotel Galvez intrigue Jazz, who sets up a Ouija board reading and séance with the spiritualist. Did the bride-to-be drown herself—or was she murdered?
Luckily, Sammy Cook, her black-sheep half-brother, has escaped the Downtown Gang and now acts as the maitre d’ for the Hollywood Dinner Club, a swanky speakeasy owned by rival Beach Gang leaders. During a booze bust, Downtown Gang mob boss Johnny Jack Nounes is captured and Jazz worries: will Sammy be forced to testify?
Worse, when a mystery man turns up dead, Sammy is framed for murder and Jazz must solve both murders and help clear Sammy's name.
As the turf war between rival gangs rages on, Jazz relies on her wits and moxie to rescue her brother and her friends before the Downtown Gang exacts its revenge.
When young Galveston Gazette society reporter Jazz Cross hears rumors of grave robbers at the Broadway Cemetery, she and photographer Nathan Blaine investigate, hoping to land a scoop. The newshawks witness meetings held by clandestine gangs and enlist her beau, Prohibition Agent James Burton, to help catch the hoods red-handed.
Meanwhile, the supernatural craze takes Galveston by storm, and Jazz is assigned to profile the society set’s favorite fortune teller, Madame Farushka, yet one more fluffy puff piece for the aspiring journalist. Sightings of a ghost bride haunting the Hotel Galvez intrigue Jazz, who sets up a Ouija board reading and séance with the spiritualist. Did the bride-to-be drown herself—or was she murdered?
Luckily, Sammy Cook, her black-sheep half-brother, has escaped the Downtown Gang and now acts as the maitre d’ for the Hollywood Dinner Club, a swanky speakeasy owned by rival Beach Gang leaders. During a booze bust, Downtown Gang mob boss Johnny Jack Nounes is captured and Jazz worries: will Sammy be forced to testify?
Worse, when a mystery man turns up dead, Sammy is framed for murder and Jazz must solve both murders and help clear Sammy's name.
As the turf war between rival gangs rages on, Jazz relies on her wits and moxie to rescue her brother and her friends before the Downtown Gang exacts its revenge.