DARKNESS AND THE DEVIL BEHIND ME: A LANIE PRICE MYSTERY
This book introduces Lanie Price, a compassionate, but relentless news reporter, who worked in Harlem during the 1920s. This was a glamorous era, a time of ermine and diamonds and jazz and gimlets; a time when white society and black artists entered into partnerships. Lanie, an affluent woman in her own right, covers the good and the bad and the sometimes ugly happenings in Harlem society.On a dark night in December, she finds herself covering the very worst -- the disappearance of Esther, a well-loved and up-and-coming young pianist, a woman who had everything to live for. This will turn into what we call a cold case. No answers are found and Esther's family grieves for three long years. Then her sister asks Lanie to revisit the case. It's a request she reluctantly accepts, but once she gets started, she can't stop.