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    "description": "<p><span>Fall, 1947. New York City.<br /><br />Private Investigator Ida Davis has been called to New York by her old partner, Michael Talbot, to investigate a brutal killing spree in a Harlem flophouse that has left four people dead. But as they delve deeper into the case, Ida and Michael realize the murders are part of a larger conspiracy that stretches further than they ever could have imagined.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Ida&rsquo;s childhood friend, Louis Armstrong, is at his lowest ebb. His big band is bankrupt, he&rsquo;s playing to empty venues, and he&rsquo;s in danger of becoming a has-been, until a promoter approaches him with a strange offer to reignite his career . . .<br /><br />And across the city, nightclub manager and mob fixer Gabriel Leveson&rsquo;s plans to flee New York are upset when he&rsquo;s called in for a meeting with the &lsquo;boss of all bosses&rsquo;, Frank Costello. Tasked with tracking down stolen mob money, Gabriel must embark on a journey through New York&rsquo;s seedy underbelly, forcing him to confront demons from his own past, all while the clock is ticking on his evermore precarious escape plans.<br /><br />Ray Celestin's third instalment in his multi-award winning City Blues Quartet is both a gripping neo-noir crime novel and a vivid, panoramic portrait of New York &ndash; from its tenements to its luxury hotels, from its bebop clubs to the bustling wharves of the Brooklyn waterfront &ndash; all set as the mob is rising to the height of its powers . . .</span><span>&nbsp;</span></p>",
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