Ellen Byerrum

A corpse, a coverup, and a grievously injured wife lead a playwright and a playboy detective down a crooked path to a secret society, a long-ago death, and three potential killers of a very rich bad boy. It's November 1934. Post-Prohibition lingers like a hangover in New York City as famous gangsters fight for headlines with local criminals, Broadway shows, and society sinners. Amid the glitz and glamour, a man lies dead on the floor of a swanky Upper East Side apartment as his injured pregnant wife hides nearby.
But there's no keeping this crime quiet, as playwright and playboy pursue a crooked path to untangle multiple would-be killers, with more than enough motives to go around. Complications abound when Graydon's aristocratic English parents invite themselves to Esmé's place for that most American holiday-Thanksgiving. Over the turkey and stuffing, Graydon's oh-so-uppercrust father itches to involve himself in the investigation (despite his prejudice against his son's fiancé as a "woman of the theatre"), and a local mobster trying to go legit wades into the thick of it, bringing vital information on the murder.
Will it arrive in time to keep our detecting duo safe from a gunman's bullet? And which gunman is the real danger?The second mystery in the Art Deco Mysteries by Ellen Byerrum