1931.
Jobs are scarce, money is tight, and one careless secret can be fatal.
Telephone operator Frances Palmer knows the rules: listen, connect, forget. But when she accidentally overhears a conversation planning a murder, the carefully balanced life she’s built begins to wobble. Enter Jack: charming, slightly dangerous, and the owner of a nightclub that somehow thrives despite Prohibition.
Set against the bustle and quiet glamour of the Depression-era city life, where rumours travel faster than the trams, Frances and Jack’s hunt for the truth puts them in grave danger–and speaking up could cost them everything.
A cosy, atmospheric novel about loyalty, courage, and the dangerous power of knowing too much.
This book includes the noveletta and prequel False Play at the Christmas Party.
Trope: Amateur detective, Whodunnit, Women Sleuths
