Rasmussen Carter is grooming Lily Miller, a young jazz singer, to be a star. She’s singing at the Greenwood-the new incarnation of the Esposito-now owned and managed by Baron Loftus, the nephew of Sweetie Bogan, an aging jazz diva. The night Lily debuts, Carter is stabbed in a fight by Sweetie Bogan’s lover, Alfonso Deal-Jones. Lily then abandons Rasmussen Carter for Edward Dare, who promises to make her a real star.
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Then Carter is killed in the hospital, and Marina herself asks Elder to look into it. He agrees this time. Meanwhile, Burton investigates the beating death of Alfonso Deal-Jones, Sweetie Bogan’s lover. Elder thinks Carter may have killed Alfonso. But it turns out Alfonso was killed while Carter was in the hospital.
On their own time, Elder and Burton must solve the murders of the low-rent impressario and the New Orleans gangster’s right-hand man. Burton is sure there’s a connection. And in the process, Elder discovers he may not be cut out for a life of leisure just yet…
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