Chasing the Devil's Tail: A Valentin St. Cyr Mystery (Valentin St. Cyr Mysteries)
by Fulmer, David
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1890208841
- ISBN 13
- 9781890208844
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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Synopsis
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.
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- Chaparral Books (US)
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- Title
- Chasing the Devil's Tail: A Valentin St. Cyr Mystery (Valentin St. Cyr Mysteries)
- Author
- Fulmer, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, first printing
- ISBN 10
- 1890208841
- ISBN 13
- 9781890208844
- Publisher
- Poisoned Pen Press
- Place of Publication
- Scottsdale
- Date Published
- 2001-11-01
- Size
- 5x0x8
- X weight
- 18 oz
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