CAHOKIA JAZZ

A thrilling tale of murder and mystery in a city where history has run a little differently from the best selling author of Golden Hill Utterly immersive Spectator Thrilling Financial Times Unlike anything else you will read this year Daily Express A classic of alternative history Observer A delight Sunday TelegraphIt s 1922 and Americans are drinking in speakeasies dancing to jazz stepping quickly to the tempo of modern times In the ancient city of Cahokia a teeming industrial metropolis a tinderbox of every race and creed peace holds Just about But on a snowy night at the end of winter two roughshod detectives are called to the roof of a skyscraper Their investigation will spill the city s secrets and bring it against a soundtrack of wailing clarinets either to destruction or rebirth What readers are saying A marvellous atmospheric beautifully written and gripping read that dares to hope amidst a background of bleak darkness and the pulsing joy of jazz that I recommend highly Original imaginative thought provoking engrossing engaging and beautifully written with characters who are credible and engaging What more is there to ask for from a master at the top of his game I enjoyed this as much as Golden Hill which