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Book Synopsis**A New York Times Best Mystery Novel of the Year**
''This year''s most original fictional detective'' Good Housekeeping
''The love affair between jazz, black musicians and Paris is an eternal story; Carter illuminates it with rare intelligence and a gripping vortex of thrills, feeling and wit'' Time Out on Coq Au Vin
Straight-talking jazz musician Nanette Hayes is swapping New York for Paris as she tries to solve the mystery of her missing aunt. . . but will she lose more than just her heart in the city of love?
When Nanette''s mother calls with the news that her Aunt Vivian has gone missing, it''s not exactly out of the ordinary. Vivacious and bohemian Aunt Vivian has never been one to play by the rules. This time, however, the circumstances surrounding Vivian''s disappearance are troubling. Would Nanette be up to polishing her French and flying to Paris, where she was last seen, to track her down? It''s not a t
Trade Review
'Nanette Hayes may be the most charismatic crime-fiction heroine to appear in the last decade' * Booklist *
'Style's the thing in this breezy, sexy mystery narrated by Nanette, a French-speaking, sax-playing street musician' * Publishers Weekly *
'A terrific novel, from those witty, subversive opening sentences, to the edgy, melancholy and very satisfying ending' * Margo Jefferson, author of Negroland *
'Charlotte Carter has . . . the practical discipline needed to craft functional, human sentences [that] flow one into the next without embellishment or posturing' * Crime Times *
'This Grace Jones lookalike with a degree in French is a splendid creation' * Sunday Telegraph *
'The sweet, clear sound of Nanette's musical voice keeps us on her corner, tossing all the change we've got' * The New York Times on Rhode Island Red *
'This high-spirited tour of Paris has terrific charm . . . with the infectious energy of eternal youth' * The New York Times on Coq au Vin *
'Funky scenes of New York's musical underworld . . . [a] sweet and saucy narrative voice' * The New York Times on Drumsticks *
'This year's most original fictional detective - a sassy, black intellectual and saxophonist who is plunged into mayhem when an undercover cop gets killed in her apartment' * Good Housekeeping on Rhode Island Red *
'The love affair between jazz, black musicians and Paris is an eternal story; Carter illuminates it with rare intelligence and a gripping vortex of thrills, feeling and wit' * Time Out on Coq Au Vin *
