num_pages: 427
description: New Orleans 1919. As a dark serial killer  The Axeman  stalks the city three individuals set out to unmask himThough every citizen of the Big Easy thinks they know who could be behind the terrifying murders Detective Lieutenant Michael Talbot heading up the official investigation is struggling to find leads. But Michael has a grave secret  and if he doesnt find himself on the right track fast  it could be exposedFormer detective Luca dAndrea has spent the last six years in Angola state penitentiary after Michael his protge blew the whistle on his corrupt behaviour. Now a newly freed man Luca finds himself working with the mafia whose need to solve the mystery of the Axeman is every bit as urgent as the authorities.Meanwhile Ida is a secretary at the Pinkerton Detective Agency.Obsessed with Sherlock Holmes and dreaming of a better life Ida stumbles across a clue which lures her and her trumpet-playing friend Lewis Louis Armstrong to the case and into terrible dangerAs Michael Luca and Ida each draw closer to discovering the killers identity the Axeman himself will issue a challenge to the people of New Orleans: play jazz or risk becoming the next victim. And as the case builds to its crescendo the sky will darken and a great storm will loom over the city
language: English
title: The Axeman's Jazz
publisher: Mantle