num_pages: 384
description: “Swing just might be the best historical thriller of the year. Certainly it is the most creative.”–Pittsburgh Post-GazetteIn the swinging big band era, jazz saxophonist and arranger Ray Sherwood is haunted by personal tragedy. But when Gail Prentice, a beautiful and talented Berkeley student, seeks his help in orchestrating an original composition slated to debut at the newly created Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay, Ray is diverted from his worries and drawn to the beguiling coed. Within moments of their first meeting, however, Ray witnesses a horrifying sight: a woman plunging to her death from the island’s emblematic Tower of the Sun.Ray soon finds himself trapped in a coil of spiraling secrets in which nothing is certain, including Gail’s intentions toward him and her connection to the dead woman. And as events speed toward the shocking climax, Ray must unlock an ominous puzzle with sinister implications that stretch far beyond anything he could imagine.
language: English
title: Swing: A Mystery
titlecomplete: Swing: A Mystery
genres: Historical Mystery, Music, Mystery, Historical Fiction, Audiobook, Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Crime
ratings_count: 386
places: Oakland, California
publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks