"A body falls from a town house window in Harlem, and it looks just like the newest singer at the Apollo...in this evocative, twisting new novel from the author of Miss Aldridge Regrets. Harlem, 1936: Lena Aldridge grew up in a cramped corner of London, hearing stories of the bright lights of Broadway. She always imagined that when she finally went to New York City, she'd be there with her father. But now he's dead, and she's newly arrived and alone,...

A husband and wife suspect each other of being unfaithful; the tomboyish Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickok meet and fall in love despite the differences in their personalities; follows the life of jazz singer Ruth Etting and her tumultuous relationship with Martin "the Gimp" Snyder, her manager and gangster; a theater critic, his wife, and their children move to the country where they hope to escape problems of urban living.