Black orchid blues
By: Persia Walker
Publisher: Akashic Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Brooklyn, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9781936070909
Subjects: Female impersonators; Harlem Renaissance; Kidnapping; African Americans; Crime and the press; Fiction
Description: "Lanie Price, a 1920s Harlem society columnist, witnesses the brutal nightclub kidnapping of the "Black Orchid," a sultry, seductive singer with a mysterious past. When hours pass without a word from the kidnapper, puzzlement grows as to his motive. After a gruesome package arrives at Price's doorstep, the questions change. Just what does the kidnapper want--and how many people is he willing to kill to get it?" -- Publisher.