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From Collins Classics, short stories from the author of 'The Great Gatsby' and including 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'. In these eleven stories, Fitzgerald depicts the Roaring Twenties as he lived them. He masterfully blends accounts of flappers and the smart set with more fantastical visions of America, always imbuing his narratives with his trademark themes of money, class, ambition and love. In 'May Day', Fitzgerald weaves an account of...
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"The Case of the Beguiling Baroness" part 2 of 3. When the dead body of Baroness Von Treska turns out to be not her, Ace Mifflin is introduced to mysteries that really take him from his comfort zone of speakeasies and the streets of Boston. Now Jennings, Mifflin, and Flynt track down a killer that is beyond anything Mifflin has experienced before. But even if they can catch the killer, how can they possibly stop him?
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"Vote Early and Often" part 1 of 2. Ace Mifflin, private eye, finds himself on the wrong side of the law as he attempts to help an old friend beat a murder charge. With almost everything against him, can Mifflin clear himself and his friend? And what connection could all this have with a disaster in Mifflin's past that nearly brought Boston to its knees?
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"The Case of the Beguiling Baroness" part 1 of 3. Set in the 1920's Jazz Chronicles centers around Ace Mifflin, private eye, who finds himself plunged into mysteries that go beyond his comfort zone of speakeasies and the streets of Boston. When famed archeologist Clifford Jennings' Secret Society needs to keep track of Baroness Von Treska, a notorious dabbler in the black arts, they hire Ace Mifflin. And that's when things really get out of hand....
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"The Flowers of San Pedro" part 2 of 3. Ace Mifflin finds himself out of his element of speakeasies and city streets as he travels to Colorado into the midst of cutthroats, Indian shamans, and occult evil. Now he has to deal with a town of very angry villagers and a secret tunnel covered with the mysterious flowers of San Pedro. But when the lead starts to fly, how do the four of them stand a chance? And what connection could the flowers that Professor...
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"The Flowers of San Pedro" part 3 of 3. As the clues become harder to find Ace Mifflin finds that the crime-ridden streets of his Boston neighborhood were nothing compared to what he experiences out West. Mifflin finds himself out of his element as he travels into the midst of cutthroats, Indian shamans, and occult evil. Now he has to deal with a town of very angry villagers and a secret tunnel covered with the mysterious flowers of San Pedro. But...
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"Vote Early and Often" part 2 of 2. Ace Mifflin, private eye, finds himself on the wrong side of the law as he attempts to help an old friend beat a murder charge. On the verge of finding the proof that he needs to clear his friend, his evidence disappears. With the election primary coming up, can Mifflin reassemble all the pieces and prove his allegations that the real murderer is running for office?
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"The Flowers of San Pedro" part 1 of 3. Jennings and Mifflin travel to Colorado to investigate the disappearance of Jennings' old colleague, Professor Russell who was a member of a secret organization. Mifflin finds himself out of his element of speakeasies and city streets as he travels into the midst of cutthroats, Indian shamans, and occult evil. Now he has to deal with a town of very angry villagers and a secret tunnel covered with the mysterious...
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A tribute to the life of the iconic jazz entertainer depicts her disadvantaged youth in a segregated America, her unique performance talents, and the irrepressible sense of style that helped her overcome racial barriers.
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Double Mystery! Set in the 1920's Jazz Chronicles centers around Ace Mifflin, private eye, who finds himself plunged into mysteries that go beyond his comfort zone of speakeasies and the streets of Boston. "The Case of the Beguiling Baroness". When famed archeologist Clifford Jennings' Secret Society needs to keep track of Baroness Von Treska, a notorious dabbler in the black arts, they hire Mifflin. And that's when things really get out of hand....
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Double Mystery "The Flowers of San Pedro". Jennings and Mifflin travel to New Mexico to investigate the disappearance of Jennings' old colleague, Professor Russell. Mifflin finds himself out of his element of speakeasies and city streets as he travels into the midst of cutthroats, Indian shamans, and occult evil. Now he has to deal with a town of very angry villagers and a secret tunnel covered with the mysterious flowers of San Pedro. But when the...
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Fantagraphics celebrates The Flapper Queens, a gorgeous collection of full-color comic strips. In addition to featuring the more well-known cartoonists of the era, such as Ethel Hays, Nell Brinkley, and Virginia Huget, Eisner award-winning Trina Robbins introduces you to Eleanor Schorer, who started her career in the teens as a flowery art nouveau Nell Brinkley imitator but, by the '20s, was drawing bold and outrageous art deco illustrations; Edith...
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The untold story of how poison rocked Jazz Age New York City. A pair of forensic scientists began their trailblazing chemical detective work, fighting to end an era when untraceable poisons offered an easy path to the perfect crime. Chief medical examiner Charles Norris and toxicologist Alexander Gettler investigate a family mysteriously stricken bald, factory workers with crumbling bones, a diner serving poisoned pies, and many others. Each case...
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"Vivian Gordon went out before midnight in a velvet dress and mink coat. Her body turned up the next morning in a desolate Bronx park, a dirty clothesline wrapped around her neck. At her stylish Manhattan apartment, detectives discovered notebooks full of names--businessmen, socialites, gangsters. And something else: a letter from an anti-corruption commission established by Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Led by the imperious Judge Samuel Seabury,...
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The spellbinding tale of hustler Edgar Laplante—the king of Jazz Age con artists—who becomes the victim of his own dangerous game.
Edgar Laplante was a smalltime grifter, an erstwhile vaudeville performer, and an unabashed charmer. But after years of playing thankless gigs and traveling with medicine shows, he decided to undertake the most demanding and bravura performance of his life. In the fall of 1917, Laplante...
Edgar Laplante was a smalltime grifter, an erstwhile vaudeville performer, and an unabashed charmer. But after years of playing thankless gigs and traveling with medicine shows, he decided to undertake the most demanding and bravura performance of his life. In the fall of 1917, Laplante...
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