Title: Black orchid blues
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.
Subjects: Female impersonators, Harlem Renaissance, Kidnapping, African Americans, Crime and the press, Fiction, African americans, fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, crime, Missing persons, fiction, New york (n.y.), fiction, Amerikanisches Englisch, Reporters and reporting
Places: Harlem (New York, N.Y.)