A lifetime game of solitaire turns into a vicious family feud.

New York City 1923
Back in the city after a nightmare vacation, PI Jax Diamond and his courageous canine partner, Ace, just can’t catch a break when three quick and easy cases explode into a massive mess of unrelated major crimes with victims, dead and alive, piling up.

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Laura Graystone’s career soars as she rehearses for her new Broadway musical. Yet, she senses something’s amiss when Jax spends more time with a new buddy aboard a steamboat than solving crimes. With the help of their friends and a mysterious stranger, Laura and Ace set out to get to the bottom of it.

It’s a whirlwind of twists and turns as Jax discovers there is far more to a family than just blood relatives. And who knows? They may just solve the biggest case of his life.

My Review

I do enjoy the Jax Diamond Mysteries and this is my fourth and possibly my favourite. We’ve moved on a bit, though Jax and Laura have only known each other a few months, but it’s obvious they are deeply in love.

Laura has the starring role in a new musical called Songbird, which opens in a few days on Broadway, while Jax is up to his ears in new cases. There’s a missing woman called Mary, a man thrown out of a window, a fire that kills two people and Laura thinks she’s being followed. A mysterious woman keeps popping up, but so does a man ‘bearing gifts’. All very strange and worrying.

But it’s Jax’s police mate’s wife’s birthday and Jax just happens to be doing some investigation work for a man named Nick Gallo, who owns The Cabaret – a fabulous floating night club. Instead of payment, Jax asks Nick if he could have a table for four for Carla’s birthday and Nick happily agrees.

Towards the end of a brilliant evening, Nick asks Jax to work for him, but it’s not his usual line of work. And everything else now takes a back seat. What’s up with Jax? Laura is worried, as is Jax’s sidekick, German Shepherd Ace.

It’s all far more complicated than Jax realises. Is he being taken for a mug or using the opportunity to earn big bucks? We’ll have to see how the intricate plot works itself out and there are certainly plenty of surprises along the way.

Many thanks to @zooloo2008 for inviting me to be part of this blog tour.

About the Author

Award-winning author Gail Meath writes historical romance novels that will whisk you away to another time and place in history where you will meet fascinating characters, both fictional and real, who will capture your heart and soul. Meath loves writing about little or unknown people, places and events in history, rather than relying on the typical stories and settings.

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