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Chasing the Devil's Tail

A Valentin St. Cyr Mystery by David Fulmer

Chasing the Devil's Tail by David Fulmer

Synopsis (from the publisher): Storyville, New Orleans, 1907. In this raucous, rowdy, bloody red-light district, where 2000 scarlet women ply their trade in grand mansions and filthy dime-a-trick cribs, cocaine and opium are sold over the counter, and rye whiskey flows like an amber river, there's a killer loose.

Someone is murdering Storyville prostitutes and marking each killing with a black rose. There's a new music called "jass" in the air. And madness is shattering the mind of "King" Buddy Bolden, even as he showers the New Orleans nights with his loud brass.

When Creole detective Valentin St. Cyr is sent to bring down the murderer, he encounters an extraordinary cast of characters, many of them drawn from history: Tom Anderson, the political boss who runs Storyville like a private kingdom; Lulu White, the District's most notorious madam, later an inspiration for Mae West; E. J. Bellocq, the crippled dwarf and photographer of Storyville whores; Ferdinand LeMenthe, the young piano player who would come to be known as Jelly Roll Morton; and finally, Buddy Bolden, the man who all but invented jazz and is now losing his mind.

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Chasing the Devil's Tail by David Fulmer

Chasing the Devil's Tail by David Fulmer — A Valentin St. Cyr Mystery

Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 978-1-890208-84-4
Publication Date: November 2001
List Price: $24.95

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