Tento autor skúma históriu a ponúka pohľad na minulosť prostredníctvom svojich diel. S hlbokým záujmom o americkú históriu a múzejné štúdiá vtiahne čitateľov do minulosti. Jeho tvorba zahŕňa rozsiahle publikácie a nonfiction knihy, ktoré osvetľujú rôzne témy. Pre potešenie sa potom púšťa do žánru záhad, zasadených do búrlivých dvadsiatych rokov.
December 1924. Young widow Maddie Pastore feels fortunate to be employed by well-meaning fake medium Carlotta Romany. It's not work she's proud of, but she's proud of how well she does it. But when her investigations into a new client get her mixed up with Chicago's violent gangs, she'll need all her wits about her if she's to make it out alive.
Summer, 1924. Medium's assistant Maddie Pastore is shocked when she lucks into a free pair of tickets to glamorous nightclub Early's and recognizes the star performer: it's her long-lost little sister, Sophie. But before the sisters can meet again, Maddie receives disturbing news. Sophie's been thrown in jail, charged with first-degree murder ...
Chicago, 1924. When pregnant young widow Maddie Pastore isinvited to help a fake medium, she seizes the chance. She needs the money, andwhile she's not proud of her work investigating Madam Carlotta's clients, she'sproud of how well she does it. But when she unearths evidence of a dark crime,she and her baby are put in mortal danger .
Welcome to Broadway - and to an unthinkable crime! Former theatre starlet turned amateur sleuth Jessie Beckett gets mixed up in murder when an on-stage shooting turns all too real in this thrilling historical mystery set in the Jazz Age.