Dead dead girls / by Nekesa Afia.
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TextSeries: Thorndike press large print Black voices | Afia, Nekesa. Harlem Renaissance mystery ; 1. | Thorndike Press large print Black voicesPublisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Edition: Large print editionDescription: 457 pages (large print) ; 21 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
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- 9781432891442
- 1432891448
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Large Print Fiction | MYSTERY AFIA, NEKESA | HR 1 | Available | 33111010599260 | ||||
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Main Library | Large Print Fiction | MYSTERY AFIA, NEKESA | HR 1 | Available | 33111010753610 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"In this terrific series opener, Afia evokes the women's lives in all their wayward and beautiful glory, especially the abruptness with which their dreams, hopes and fears cease to exist."-- The New York Times
The start of an exciting new historical mystery series set during the Harlem Renaissance from debut author Nekesa Afia
Harlem, 1926. Young Black women like Louise Lloyd are ending up dead.
Following a harrowing kidnapping ordeal when she was in her teens, Louise is doing everything she can to maintain a normal life. She's succeeding, too. She spends her days working at Maggie's Café and her nights at the Zodiac, Harlem's hottest speakeasy. Louise's friends, especially her girlfriend, Rosa Maria Moreno, might say she's running from her past and the notoriety that still stalks her, but don't tell her that.
When a girl turns up dead in front of the café, Louise is forced to confront something she's been trying to ignore--two other local Black girls have been murdered in the past few weeks. After an altercation with a police officer gets her arrested, Louise is given an ultimatum: She can either help solve the case or wind up in a jail cell. Louise has no choice but to investigate and soon finds herself toe-to-toe with a murderous mastermind hell-bent on taking more lives, maybe even her own....
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"Louise spends her days working at Maggie's Cafe and her nights at the Zodiac, Manhattan's hottest speakeasy. When a girl turns up dead in front of the cafe, Louise is forced to confront something she's been trying to ignore - several local black girls have been murdered over the past few weeks. After Louise's night job gets her arrested, she's given an ultimatum: She can either help solve the case or let a judge make an example of her"-- Provided by publisher.