Description

A Gentlemans Guide to Vice and Virtue meets Miss Fishers Murder Mystery in this rollicking romp of truth lies and troubled pasts

New Years Eve 1929

Millie is running the show at the Cloak amp Dagger a swinging speakeasy in the French Quarter while her aunt is out of town The new year is just around the corner and all of New Orleans is out to celebrate but even wealthy partiers diamond earrings cant outshine the real star of the night the boy in the red dress Marion is the clubs star performer and his fans are legionif mostly underground

When a young socialite wielding a photograph of Marion starts asking questions Millie wonders if shes just another fan But then her body is found crumpled in the courtyard dead from an apparent fall off the clubs balcony and all signs point to Marion as the murderer Millie knows hes innocent but local detectives arent so easily convinced

As she chases clues that lead to cemeteries and dead ends Millies attention is divided between the wry and beautiful Olive a waitress at the Cloak amp Dagger and Bennie the charming bootlegger whos offered to help her solve the case The clock is ticking for the fugitive Marion but the truth of who the killer is might be closer than Millie thinks