Dead dead girls - nekesa afia

The start of an exciting new historical mystery series set during the Harlem Renaissance from debut author Nekesa Afia Harlem, 1926.

Young Black women like Louise Lloyd are ending up dead.

Following a harrowing kidnapping ordeal when she was in her teens, Louise is doing everything she can to maintain a normal life.

Shes succeeding, too.

She spends her days working at Maggies Caf and her nights at the Zodiac, Harlems hottest speakeasy.

Louises friends, especially her girlfriend, Rosa Maria Moreno, might say shes running from her past and the notoriety that still stalks her, but dont tell her that.

When a girl turns up dead in front of the caf , Louise is forced to confront something shes been trying to ignore--two other local Black girls have been murdered in the past few weeks.

After an altercation with a police officer gets her arrested, Louise is given an ultimatum: She can either help solve the case or wind up in a jail cell.

Louise has no choice but to investigate and soon finds herself toe-to-toe with a murderous mastermind hell-bent on taking more lives, maybe even her own.

In this terrific series opener, Afia evokes the womens lives in all their wayward and beautiful glory, especially the abruptness with which their dreams, hopes and fears cease to exist.

--The New York Times The start of an exciting new historical mystery series set during the Harlem Renaissance from debut author Nekesa Afia Harlem, 1926.

Young Black women like Louise Lloyd are ending up dead.

Following a harrowing kidnapping ordeal when she was in her teens, Louise is doing everything she can to maintain a normal life.

Shes succeeding, too.

She spends her days working at Maggies Caf� and her nights at the Zodiac, Harlems hottest speakeasy.

Louises friends, especially her girlfriend, Rosa Maria Moreno, might say shes running from her past and the notoriety that still stalks her, but dont tell her that.

When a girl turns up dead in front of the caf�, Louise is forced to confront something shes been trying to ignore--two other local Black girls have been murdered in the past few weeks.

After an altercation with a police officer gets her arrested, Louise is given an ultimatum: She can either help solve the case or wind up in a jail cell.

Louise has no choice but to investigate and soon finds herself toe-to-toe with a murderous mastermind hell-bent on taking more lives, maybe even her own.

In this terrific series opener, Afia evokes the.