Mystery Writers of America Award-winner Mary Miley blends the glitz and glamour of 1920s America with a killer murder plot in this dazzling Roaring Twenties Mystery—a must-read for fans of Prohibition-era mysteries starring speakeasies, gangsters, murder, and more!
“Miley shows a deft touch and sets a blistering pace” DAVID BALDACCI
“Jessie’s travels bring to life the fascinating, vanished world of vaudeville” HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY
“Jessie truly is a honey” THE NEW YORK TIMES
“Readers who enjoy Jacqueline Winspear and Carola Dunn will want to follow this series” BOOKLIST
“For fans of . . . Katharine Schellman’s Nightingale Mysteries” LIBRARY JOURNAL
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A young vaudeville actress takes on the role of a lifetime when she impersonates a missing heiress in this dazzling first book in the Roaring Twenties mystery series.
It’s the role of her life. Until someone wants her dead.
Whatever happened to young heiress Jessie Carr who vanished without a trace seven years ago?
Now, in 1924, her uncle Oliver Beckett thinks he’s found her: a young actress in a vaudeville playhouse is a dead ringer for his missing niece. But when Oliver confronts the girl, he learns he was wrong. Young orphan Leah Randall has been acting since she was a toddler.
Sensing an unmissable opportunity, Oliver makes a reprehensible proposition. With his coaching, Leah could impersonate Jessie, claim the fortune, and split it with him. Desperate for work, Leah agrees to the con, but secretly promises herself to try and find out what happened to the real Jessie.
There’s only one problem: Leah’s act won’t fool the one person who knows the truth about Jessie’s disappearance . . .
Readers of BARBARA HAMBLY’s Silver Screen Historical Mysteries, JACQUELINE WINSPEAR’s Masie Dobbs series, and CAROLA DUNN’s Daisy Dalrymple Mysteries will adore Mary Miley’s Roaring Twenties Mysteries with their Prohibition-era backdrop of speakeasies, vaudeville houses, gangsters, and murder!
PRAISE FOR THE IMPERSONATOR:
“Enough twists, turns and sleights of hand to keep one reading late into the night . . . Simply put, this book is FUN” David Baldacci
“The story is engrossing, the characters satisfyingly larger than life, and one can only hope for an encore from the smart, feisty, and talented heroine” Publishers Weekly Starred Review
“Compelling characters, an engaging story line, and a heroine with lots of moxie make this a thoroughly enjoyable read” Booklist
“Miley’s clever historical debut successfully portrays an intricate puzzle featuring multiple cons. Her protagonist dazzles us with her fearlessness” Library Journal
“[The Impersonator] lures us into the dangerous underworld of Prohibition: rum smugglers, bootleggers, and the glamorous lost realm of vaudeville . . . An exciting debut” Katherine Neville, New York Times bestselling author of The Eight
MORE GLAMOROUS ROARING TWENTIES MYSTERIES
1. The Impersonator
2. Silent Murders
3. Renting Silence
4. Murder in Disguise
5. Murder Off Stage
