One O'clock Jump
Synopsis:
"One O'Clock Jump" is like a time capsule, transporting a tale of murder, greed, and intrigue from vintage Kansas City into the present day. Dorie Lennox is a humdinger of a private eye.
-- Sue Grafton, bestselling author of "O is for Outlaw"
Dorie Lennox, a child of the Depression making her own way through the jazz clubs and cobblestones of the city. Beginning on Labor Day, 1939, as the world goes to war again, "One O'Clock Jump" takes an unsentimental journey back to the days of swing music, dance marathons, and hard times. With its vivid, sure prose and sharp dialogue, "One O'Clock Jump" evokes the atmosphere of the World War II era in perfect newsreel clarity, while delivering a thoughtful, forceful mystery that will linger with the reader long after the last page is turned.
Halfway around the world, war has begun. But for Dorie Lennox, newly-minted p.i. on her first tail, danger is more immediate. The dark streets of Kansas City offer swing music, fast cars, gangsters -- and the chance to forget about her own murky past. but first Dorie must conquer her fears and save a woman on a bridge high above the muddy Missouri River. When the woman takes a dive, Dorie is thrown into a quickly unraveling scam that offers salvation to few -- and misery to plenty -- in the high stakes world of machine politics and desperation deals.
"One O'Clock Jump" is wonderful. A richly detailed story that quite simply gets to your heart. Lise McClendon expertly probes the mystery of human desires and behavior with a character so real you will swear you are riding in the Packard right next to her. Dorie Lennox is a heroine that needs to stick around.
-- Michael Connelly, bestselling author
Topics/Categories:
Depression Era, Female Detective, Jazz, Kansas City, Missouri, Mystery, private detective
Genre:
Detective Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery, United States History, War Novel
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Original Publish Date:
2001-04-01
Formats:
Hardcover, electronic
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