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Book SynopsisA sultry, immersive exploration of 30s New York with a taut plot and a vivid soundtrack. The perfect escape evocative, smooth prose' Harriet Tyce, Sunday Times bestselling authorThis atmospheric snapshot of 1930s New York is utterly unputdownable' Woman's OwnEntertaining' The Sunday Times* * *1936, September 17th, 1amIn the middle of Harlem, in the dead of night, a woman falls from a second storey window. In her hand, she holds a passport and the name written on it is Lena AldridgeNine days earlierLena arrived in Harlem less than two weeks ago, full of hope for her burgeoning romance with Will Goodman, the handsome musician she met on board the Queen Mary. Will has arranged for Lena to stay with friends of his, and this will give her the chance to find out if their relationship is going anywhere. But there is another reason she''s in Harlem to find out what happened in 1908 to make her father flee to London.As Lena''s investigations progress, not only does she realise her father lied
