Katharine Schellman. (2022). Last Call at the Nightingale: a Mystery. St. Martin's Publishing Group.

Katharine Schellman. 2022. Last Call At the Nightingale: A Mystery. St. Martin's Publishing Group.

Katharine Schellman, Last Call At the Nightingale: A Mystery. St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2022.

Katharine Schellman. Last Call At the Nightingale: A Mystery. St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2022.

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   • bioText: KATHARINE SCHELLMAN is a former actor and one-time political consultant. When not writing about mystery, history, and other improbable things, she can be found in her garden or finding new ways to skip steps while baking. She currently lives and writes in the mountains of Virginia in the company of her family and the many houseplants she keeps accidentally murdering. Her books include Last Call at the Nightingale and The Last Drop of Hemlock.
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First in a captivating Jazz age mystery series from author Katharine Schellman, Last Call at the Nightingale beckons readers into a darkly glamorous speakeasy where music, liquor, and secrets flow.
"Schellman is at the top of her craft and delivers a murder mystery with clever twists and turns and memorable personalities."—Denny S. Bryce, Bestselling Author of Wild Women and the Blues
New York, 1924. Vivian Kelly's days are filled with drudgery, from the tenement lodging she shares with her sister to the dress shop where she sews for hours every day.
But at night, she escapes to The Nightingale, an underground dance hall where illegal liquor flows and the band plays the Charleston with reckless excitement. With a bartender willing to slip her a free glass of champagne and friends who know the owner, Vivian can lose herself in the music. No one asks where she came from or how much money she has. No one bats an eye if she flirts with men or women as long as she can keep up on the dance floor. At The Nightingale, Vivian forgets the dangers of Prohibition-era New York and finds a place that feels like home.
But then she discovers a body behind the club, and those dangers come knocking.
Caught in a police raid at the Nightingale, Vivian discovers that the dead man wasn't the nameless bootlegger he first appeared. With too many people assuming she knows more about the crime than she does, Vivian finds herself caught between the dangers of the New York's underground and the world of the city's wealthy and careless, where money can hide any sin and the lives of the poor are considered disposable...including Vivian's own.

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     A Library Journal "Best Crime Fiction of 2022"
     A Publishers Weekly Mystery/Thriller Summer Reads 2022 Pick
     One of Goodreads' 2022 "Spring's Most Anticipated New Mysteries"
     One of BookPage's "Four Best June Mysteries"
     A Bustle "Most Anticipated Book of June 2022"
     A Virginia Living "Notable Spring Book"
     A GO Magazine "Slide Into Spring and Summer with these Fabulously Gay Reads"
     
     "Fizzy . . . Vivian is a terrific character, plucky and resourceful, determined to choreograph a different life for herself."

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   • source: Publishers Weekly (Starred)
   • content: "Excellent . . . Vivian proves to be a most imaginative sleuth. Readers will eagerly await her return."
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   • content: "The well-developed supporting cast is diverse in race gender, and sexuality, and the suspense will keep readers guessing until the end."
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   • content: "A compelling, atmospheric series debut. Schellman expertly creates a strong sense of pace, introducing a nightclub as a world where people of different races, classes, and sexual orientations can come together."
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     January 1, 2022
     

     This latest from the author of the LJ-starred Silence in the Library features Vivian Kelly, who trudges and drudges through a seamstress's job in 1924 New York, escaping nightly to a club called the Nightingale where the Charleston spills forth and the liquor flows illegally. Discovering a dead body behind the club reminds her how disposable the lives of unflashy people like her can be. With a 40,000-copy first printing.

     Copyright 2022 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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     Starred review from March 7, 2022
     Vivian Kelly, the courageous protagonist of this excellent series launch set in 1924 Manhattan from Schellman (the Lily Adler mysteries), shares a tenement apartment with her older sister, Florence. Florence is serious and practical, but Vivian, who loves to drink and dance, is a regular at the Nightingale, a speakeasy, and often comes home at dawn before having to toil as a seamstress during the day. Her friends at the Nightingale, all of whom are distinctive characters readers will care about, include bartender Danny Chin, waitress and singer Bea Henry, and Nightingale owner Honor “Hux” Huxley. When Vivian and Bea find a dead man in the alley behind the club, they wonder if he was a bootlegger, but Hux forbids them to talk about it. After the cops raid the speakeasy, Hux bails Vivian out of jail. In return, Vivian agrees, after the cops find the victim’s wallet with his ID in it, to spy on the dead man’s family to determine whether they can help find the killer. Schellman vividly evokes Jazz Age Manhattan as Vivian proves to be a most imaginative sleuth. Readers will eagerly await her return. Agent: Whitney Ross, Irene Goodman Literary.

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     April 1, 2022
     A Jazz Age murder thrusts a good-time girl into the uncomfortable role of secret shamus. Young New York factory worker Vivian Kelly forgets her troubles on a nightly basis, aggressively drinking and dancing at the Nightingale, the speak-easy where Bea, her best pal, works. Amazonian owner Honor "Hux" Huxley polices the Nightingale with an iron hand, and the flirting of her sidekick, Danny Chin, can always be depended on to give Vivian a lift. Things take a darker turn one night when Vivian and Bea stumble on a corpse in the alley behind the club. Hux advises her to forget what she saw, but Vivian's conscience won't allow that. Nor can she give up her addictive nightlife, which eventually leads to her arrest during a police raid. Her bail comes with strings attached, and almost before she realizes it, Vivian isn't free to leave her nights at the Nightingale behind. The more she learns about the victim, the more compelled she feels to find his killer. The trail begins with the grieving widow, who'd been a blushing society bride only a year before. Schellman lavishes many chapters on her colorful Roaring '20s setting before moving the murder probe to the front burner, an understandable gambit in a series kickoff. Colorful period detail, providing insights into the social and political tenor of the times, might allay the impatience of traditional whodunit fans. Once the action gets started, Vivian nails the clever killer and finds a lover and potential sleuthing sidekick. A colorful period crime yarn with a heroine worth rooting for.

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     May 15, 2022
     Manhattan, 1924. When young seamstress Vivian Kelly discovers a dead body in the alley behind her favorite speakeasy, the Nightingale, she finds herself embroiled in a dangerous game of whodunit. Spurring her on is the female owner of the Nightingale, Honor Huxley, a lesbian who has a thing for Vivian, who sometimes seems to return the feelings, although her main squeeze is a mysterious man named Leo. Rounding out a multicultural cast are Vivian's friend, Bea, who is Black and a waitress at the club, and Danny, the Chinese bartender there. At home, Vivian's older sister, Florence, also a seamstress, disapproves of the time Vivian spends at the Nightingale but rallies to her rescue when it's needed most. Long on period atmosphere but sometimes rather short on fully realized characters, the novel's appeal comes from its cinematic action. But, if it were a movie, it would be the bottom half of a double bill, not as good as the main feature but nevertheless entertaining and worth the price of admission. Just don't forget to bring the popcorn!

     COPYRIGHT(2022) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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     March 1, 2022
     

     Schellman moves from Regency-era London in previous mysteries ("Lily Adler" series) to 1924 Jazz Age New York in a compelling, atmospheric series debut. Vivian Kelly, a young Irish dressmaker living in New York City, longs for more than sharing a small tenement room with her sister and working a drudgery job. She craves the freedom she can only experience during evenings at the Nightingale, an underground club where she can have a few drinks and dance. But one night she sees a man's well-dressed body in the alley behind the club. That's followed by a raid, and Vivian is arrested, and terrified. She doesn't have the money for bail so she might be sent to the workhouse. Instead, the club's owner sends the bail money. Now Vivian owes Honor Huxley a favor. Honor asks her to listen to gossip at the club for information about the victim and who might have killed him. Vivian is soon pulled deep in a violent world. VERDICT Schellman expertly creates a strong sense of place, introducing a nightclub as a world where people of different races, classes, and sexual orientations can come together.--Lesa Holstine

     Copyright 2022 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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"Schellman is at the top of her craft and delivers a murder mystery with clever twists and turns and memorable personalities."—Denny S. Bryce, Bestselling Author of Wild Women and the Blues
New York, 1924. Vivian Kelly's days are filled with drudgery, from the tenement lodging she shares with her sister to the dress shop where she sews for hours every day.
But at night, she escapes to The Nightingale, an underground dance hall where illegal liquor flows and the band plays the Charleston with reckless excitement. With a bartender willing to slip her a free glass of champagne and friends who know the owner, Vivian can lose herself in the music. No one asks where she came from or how much money she has. No one bats an eye if she flirts...

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