Gold Diggers, Gamblers and Guns (A Jazz Age Mystery #3)

Ellen Mansoor Collier


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4.00 · 1 ratings · 252 pages · Published: 18 May 2014

Gold Diggers, Gamblers and Guns by Ellen Mansoor Collier
Chicago had Al Capone and Frank Nitti. Galveston had Beach Gang leaders Ollie Quinn and the Maceos vs. rival Downtown Gang leader Johnny Jack Nounes. In this soft-boiled 1920s mystery inspired by actual events, young society reporter Jasmine (Jazz) Cross longs to cover hard news, but she's stuck between two clashing cultures: the world of gossip and glamour vs. gangsters and gamblers.

After Johnny Jack Nounes is released from jail, all hell breaks loose: Prohibition Agent James Burton’s life is threatened and he must go into hiding for his own safety. Then the Downtown Gang frames Burton for a bar owner's death, and he and Jazz work together to prove his innocence. Johnny Jack blames her half-brother Sammy Cook, owner of the Oasis speakeasy, for his arrest and forces him to work overtime in a variety of dangerous mob jobs as punishment.

When a bookie is murdered, Jazz looks for clues linking the two murders and delves deeper into the underworld of gambling: poker games, slot machines and horse-racing. Meanwhile, Jazz tries to keep both Burton and her brother safe, and alive, while they face off against each other, as well as a common enemy.

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