The Jazz Bird (Windsor Selection S.) - Hardcover

Holden, Craig

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0754018652 ISBN 13: 9780754018650

Publisher: Chivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C, 2003

Synopsis

An exquisitely written novel of love and betrayal, of money and power, set amidst the glitz, jazz, and glamour of the Roaring Twenties. October 6, 1927 - On a quiet afternoon in Eden Park, Cincinnati, Imogene, a beautiful society lady, is shot and killed by her husband, the notorious bootlegger George Remus. After spending a quiet moment over the body, Remus returns to his car and directs his driver to the police station, where he turns himself in. Shocked and fascinated by this horrible murder, the country gears up for a sensational trial. The man known as 'the king of the bootleggers' against Chief Prosecutor Charlie Taft, the youngest son of the former president. The facts are clear, the truth less so. What happened to Remus' USD 80 million fortune, which disappeared while he was imprisoned on a minor charge? Why did George Remus murder his wife, the blue-blooded beauty once known as the Jazz Bird, who had struggled to free him from prison? And what of Charles Dodge, the federal agent who pursued Remus with such zeal, only to become desperately entangled with his wife? Was the Jazz Bird at the centre of this complicated love triangle or an innocent victim of circumstances beyond her control?

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Review:

After three taut, well-crafted contemporary mysteries, Craig Holden turns in The Jazz Bird to the 1920s, evoking a period rich in glamour and drama in a powerful and elegiac story told with consummate skill.

Young Charlie Taft, a prosecutor who's the son of a former president and chief justice, doesn't need to solve the murder of Imogene Remus, the quixotic and exotic wife of Cincinnati bootlegger George Remus; George has already confessed to the crime, and his conviction is all but assured. But as Charlie delves deeper into the tangled history of the stunning socialite who defied her wealthy family to marry Remus and went to extraordinary lengths to free him from prison, he begins to doubt whether the bootlegger is insane, as he claims, or the real victim of his wife's betrayal.

Holden brings a fascinating era in American history to life through the creation of complex, multidimensional characters who haunt the reader long after the last page is turned. This is a tour de force from a writer who gets better with every novel. --Jane Adams, Amazon.com

Review:

In 1927 society beauty Imogen Remus was murdered by her husband, a notorious bootlegger. Why did he kill his wife and what happened to his $80 million fortune ? And how did a federal agent become involved with Imogen ? An elegantly penned novel of love, betrayal and courtroom intrigue.

About this edition

• Publisher: Chivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0754018652
• ISBN 13: 9780754018650
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 368