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Dead Man's Blues

By: Ray Celestin
Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
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Chicago, 1928. In the stifling summer heat, three disturbing events take place: a clique of city leaders is poisoned, a white gangster is found mutilated and a famous heiress vanishes without a trace.

Detectives Michael Talbot and Ida Davis are hired to find the missing heiress, but it proves harder than expected, and so Ida must elicit the help of her friend Louis Armstrong. But will any of them find the answers they need in the capital of jazz, booze and corruption?

©2016 Ray Celestin (P)2016 W.F. Howes Ltd

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"Celestin smartly evokes the atmosphere of 1919 New Orleans, and a city dominated by music and the mob. Gripping." ( Sunday Times on The Axeman's Jazz)

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Wow…that was a wonderful journey back in time. Especially enjoyed the nuanced examination of Chicago’s ethnic map and history.

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