![]() ![]() That is, until Sam Delaney walked into her life. Lanie has known personal loss as well: the early death of her husband, Hamp, the only man she had ever loved. But like her, Lanie started out poor and worked her way up. Unlike my mother, of course, Lanie married a wealthy surgeon. Lanie was inspired by my mother's compassion, her resoluteness and her glamor. It's a request she reluctantly accepts, but once she gets started, she can't stop. Then her sister asks Lanie to revisit the case. No answers are found and Esther's family grieves for three long years. ![]() This will turn into what we call a cold case. ![]() On a dark night in December, she finds herself covering the very worst - the disappearance of Esther, a well-loved and up-and-coming young pianist, a woman who had everything to live for. Lanie, an affluent woman in her own right, covers the good and the bad and the sometimes ugly happenings in Harlem society. This was a glamorous era, a time of ermine and diamonds and jazz and gimlets a time when white society and black artists entered into partnerships. This book introduces Lanie Price, a compassionate, but relentless news reporter, who worked in Harlem during the 1920s. ![]()
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