Fans of The Great Gatsby, Libba Bray''s The Diviners, and Bright Young Things will be captivated by Janet Fox''s Roaring Twenties tale.
Two girls. One gangster. A deadly secret.
When Josephine''s father ships her off to live with her rich cousins on the glittering island of Manhattan, he says it''s to find a husband. But Jo knows better--there''s trouble brewing, and in 1925, all that glitters is not gold. Caught up in a swirl of her cousin''s bobbed-hair set--and the men that court them--Jo soon realizes that this world of jazz and gangsters and their molls hides a nest of lies. But when she befriends the girlfriend of one of the most powerful and dangerous gangesters in town, Jo begins to uncover secrets--secrets that threaten an empire and could destroy everyone she loves. Jo is faced with a choice: hang on to her soul, or lose herself in the decade of decadence.
