Sweet and Lowdown

By Lise McClendon
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Published: March 22, 2011
Words: 86,352 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781458161154

Short description

Europe is at war. Nazi bombers are hammering London. Wendell Willkie is giving Roosevelt a run for his money. In the rich milieu of a bygone time, America prepares for war as home-grown fascists intervene, and a mother lies dying in her mansion in Kansas City. Eveline Hines hires Dorie Lennox and Amos Haddam to protect her wayward daughter in this homage to Chandler's The Big Sleep, set in 1940.

Extended description

Europe is at war. Nazi bombers are hammering London. Wendell Willkie is giving Roosevelt a run for his money. In Kansas City, Dorie Lennox and her partner, Amos Haddam, are trying to keep the blond and beautiful Thalia Hines from destroying herself. It's not easy. The girl has every reason to escape the cold stone mansion where her mother lies dying. Eveline Hines was a decorated war hero during the First World War. Now she's struggling to protect her only daughter from men who lust over her inheritance. In the rich milieu of a bygone time, themes as far-reching as American fascists, a third-term president, and an America preparing for war provide color for the intimate portrait of a powerful woman bearing witness to the destruction of all she loves. For the Hines family, nothing will ever be the same in this moving story of maternal love and family secrets, and the disastrous attempts to mingle them. Sweet and Lowdown is a historical mystery full of darkness and the peculiar heartac.. (Read more) Europe is at war. Nazi bombers are hammering London. Wendell Willkie is giving Roosevelt a run for his money. In Kansas City, Dorie Lennox and her partner, Amos Haddam, are trying to keep the blond and beautiful Thalia Hines from destroying herself. It's not easy. The girl has every reason to escape the cold stone mansion where her mother lies dying. Eveline Hines was a decorated war hero during the First World War. Now she's struggling to protect her only daughter from men who lust over her inheritance. In the rich milieu of a bygone time, themes as far-reching as American fascists, a third-term president, and an America preparing for war provide color for the intimate portrait of a powerful woman bearing witness to the destruction of all she loves. For the Hines family, nothing will ever be the same in this moving story of maternal love and family secrets, and the disastrous attempts to mingle them. Sweet and Lowdown is a historical mystery full of darkness and the peculiar heartache of the wayward child, a story that will stay with the reader long after the book is closed.
"Masterfully evokes the period. This is a book to be savored; read it too fast and you might miss something." - Publisher’s Weekly
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private detective, kansas city, noir, women sleuths, historical mystery, jazz bands

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