Murder at the Flamingo
Ebook
Overview
Two society runaways become an unlikely sleuthing duo as they search for a killer amid the glamour and grit of 1930s Boston in this mystery series debut.
Boston, 1937. Hamish DeLuca has spent most of his life trying to rise above his father’s expectations. Now he’s finally run away to Boston where his cousin, Luca Valari, is opening a fashionable nightclub in Scollay Square. When he meets Regina “Reggie" Van Buren—his cousin’s “right hand man"—Hamish wonders if his dreams for a normal life might be at hand.
Heir to a New Haven fortune, Reggie fled her immaculate home—and the man her parents expect her to marry. Determined to make a life as the self-sufficient city girl she’s seen in the movies, Reggie runs away to Boston, where she finds an easy secretarial job with the suave Luca Valari. But as she and Hamish work together in Luca’s glittering world, they discover a darker side to the smashing Flamingo nightclub.
When a corpse is discovered at the Flamingo, Reggie and Hamish learn there is a vast chasm between the rich and the rest—and a dangerous underworld that feeds on them both. As Hamish is forced to choose between his conscience and loyalty to his beloved cousin, he and Reggie work to expose a murder before the darkness destroys everything they’ve worked to build.
'. . . good characterization and spot-on 1930s glamour.'
'Cream-filled cannoli from the North End, the golden dome of the State House, bells ringing from the Old North Church--there's atmosphere galore in Murder at the Flamingo, the opener of Rachel McMillan's new Van Buren and DeLuca Mystery series, set in 1937 Boston.'
'Hamish, we learn, suffers from an anxiety and panic disorder . . . We see him tackle his obstacles, and see his close friends do their best to help him cope. It is a deft treatment of a serious disorder that educates the reader without compromising the entertainment value of the story. It manages to cross the bridge between 'issue fiction' and 'commercial fiction' seamlessly.'--Aimie K. Runyan
Product Details
- Title : Murder at the Flamingo: A Novel
- Author: McMillan, Rachel
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Publication Date: 2018
- ISBN: 9780785216940
Rachel McMillan is the author of The London Restoration, The Mozart Code, the Herringford and Watts mysteries, the Van Buren and DeLuca mysteries, and the Three Quarter Time series of contemporary Viennese romances. She is also the author of Dream, Plan, Go: A Travel Guide to Inspire Independent Adventure. Rachel lives in Toronto, Canada. Visit her online at rachelmcmillan.net; Instagram: @rachkmc; Facebook: @rachkmc1; Twitter: @rachkmc; Pinterest: @rachkmc.