Twenty years after the devastating Civil War, the city of New Orleans teeters on a dangerous social precipice: Will it succumb to the poisonous influence of gamblers, prostitutes, murderers, and pornographers? Or will it claim a bright future buil...
An atmospheric, red herring–strewn mystery that deftly captures an era's angst and ambition.—Kirkus Reviews While performing in vaudeville in 1919 San Francisco, ambitious blues chanteuse Viola Vermillion's piano player and lover Stu...