Books tagged: 1920s

The adult filter is active; content marked as adults-only by the author is not listed.

Full Search
Found: 62 results

French Sketches: Cap d'Antibes and the Murphys    by Paul A. Myers
Price: $0.99 USD. 5820 words. Published on June 4, 2011. .

Gerald and Sara Murphy, a wealthy young American couple, arrived in Paris in 1921 and walked into the Modernist cultural revolution sweeping through France. They were charter members of the Lost Generation chronicled so poignantly by Ernest Hemingway in "The Sun Also Rises." In 1925 the couple moved into their beautiful home, the Villa America, on Cap d'Antibes where they famously entertained.
Chicago Capers Book One Zeppelin Murders    by D.K. Collins
Price: $2.99 USD. 100740 words. Published on June 11, 2011. .

Murder, mystery and magic in Jazz Age Chicago. Part Indiana Jones, part Agatha Christie, Zeppelin Murders starts with the discovery of battered body on a promenade beside the Chicago River & all the clues lead to the maiden voyage of the dirigible, The Chicago, bound for New York, London & Berlin. Add spies, gangsters and dangerous occult objects for cliffhangers in almost every chapter.
Empty Vessels: A Bartlett & Boase Mystery    by Marina Pascoe
Price: $2.00 USD. 67300 words. Published on July 16, 2011. .

Empty Vessels is the first in a series of Bartlett and Boase Mysteries by Marina Pascoe. The two detectives will return in another adventure the following year, Too Many Cooks. The series, chronologically, historically and geographically accurate will see out the 1920’s in exciting and surprising style!
The Principal of Rivington Street    by Henry Mazel
Price: $0.99 USD. 3840 words. Published on July 27, 2011. .

A short story of Jewish fiction that takes place in 1920s New york. The entertainers are actual vaudeville characters. Both serious and humorous, the protagonist attempts to change his destiny.
The Hot Dry Spell (A short urban fantasy noir story)    by Rae Lori
Price: $1.99 USD. 8070 words. Published on August 18, 2011. .

It is the Roaring 20’s and jazz is on the upswing. Flappers and the Charleston are all the rage. The nightclubs are hot and the drinks are cold. Underneath the prosperous society and booming nightlife is a world unknown to most humans. A burgeoning underworld of fantasy creatures from the Fae to Vampires, trolls and Shapeshifters are working to survive underneath human eyes.
Doc Voodoo: Aces & Eights    by Dale Lucas
Price: $6.99 USD. 67520 words. Published by Beating Windward on September 25, 2011. .

Harlem, 1926: The First World War is still known as The Great War. Jazz is new and always in the air. Booze is black market and the market is worth killing over. But Doc Voodoo is conjuring the Loas and getting horsed to maintain peace, prosperity, and autonomy for the residents of Harlem.
Cold Coffee    by Bert Brun
Price: Free! 69550 words. Published on October 18, 2011. .

Norwegian immigrants Eric and "Bus Andersen go through the booming 1920s in California, then lose everything in 1929 and wind up on the dole in Brooklyn New York. Eric splits for far-off war work and Bus strikes out on her own.
A Walk in the Garden    by Karen Guffey
Price: $0.99 USD. 59410 words. Published on October 30, 2011. .

Marie Tranton is a vivacious 23 year old in 1927 Boston who discovers that her Prince Charming isn’t much of a prince. She goes for a walk in her garden and, lost in thought, wanders into a strange garden. It belongs to Rick Lauman, a successful but lonely realtor in Boston…2012 Boston.
Haunting Melody    by Flo Fitzpatrick
Price: $3.49 USD. 79690 words. Published on November 5, 2011. .

An antique musical doll, cranberry-stained sheet music and an eccentric, stupidly-short witch throw Melody Flynn through time to the 1919 Ziegfeld Follies. Mel soon finds herself dealing with jealous chorus girls, murderous madams and her feelings for stagehand Briley McShan.
Faith, Love and Moonshine: An Appalachian Tale    by Jeremy Perry
Price: $0.99 USD. 5430 words. Published on November 24, 2011. .

Frank Jamison is an Appalachian man who relies heavily on his moonshining business to help his family endure the harsh times of the 1920s. However, when he finds out the local authorities and federal revenuers are out to dismantle his operation for the second time in three years, grave memories resurface for the seasoned moonshiner, ones that could ignite an old-fashioned backwoods shoot out.