Overview
The thrilling second novel in this Harlem Renaissance-set mystery series finds Harriet Stone, a liberated, educated, Black woman confronting Prohibition-era gangsters and dangerous rivals in a tale that takes an unexpected turn.
Harriet is settling into her new life in Harlem since her inheritance of her late cousin’s brownstone-turned-boarding house. She has also found a new boarder, Ida Coles, who is becoming a mentor for Lovey, Harriet’s bi-racial adopted sister. Harriet has earned her private investigator’s license, a rare feat for a woman of any color. Her first clients are Porter Grant and Mildred Webster, a wealthy brother and sister from Philadelphia staying at the Hotel Olga, a fancy hotel for Harlem luminaries.
The couple are searching for Millicent Webster, Mildred’s daughter, who has disappeared into Harlem with a friend of dubious character. They claim “little Millie” is in danger, but their behavior is suspicious, and before Harriet knows it, she is caught in a web of family dysfunction, deadly corruption, and threatening characters whose lives are marked by murder and money.
When a killer viciously strikes twice, Harriet knows she’s entered a dangerous world in which “little Millie” could be either perpetrator or killer—and where she herself could end up the victim.
Harriet is settling into her new life in Harlem since her inheritance of her late cousin’s brownstone-turned-boarding house. She has also found a new boarder, Ida Coles, who is becoming a mentor for Lovey, Harriet’s bi-racial adopted sister. Harriet has earned her private investigator’s license, a rare feat for a woman of any color. Her first clients are Porter Grant and Mildred Webster, a wealthy brother and sister from Philadelphia staying at the Hotel Olga, a fancy hotel for Harlem luminaries.
The couple are searching for Millicent Webster, Mildred’s daughter, who has disappeared into Harlem with a friend of dubious character. They claim “little Millie” is in danger, but their behavior is suspicious, and before Harriet knows it, she is caught in a web of family dysfunction, deadly corruption, and threatening characters whose lives are marked by murder and money.
When a killer viciously strikes twice, Harriet knows she’s entered a dangerous world in which “little Millie” could be either perpetrator or killer—and where she herself could end up the victim.
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