Darker Than The Night

Winter 1926, Albany, New York. The nation is in the grip of prohibition.Corruption and bootleggers proliferate. A local actress is murdered one nightand the city is on high alert.At a dance marathon at Harmanus Bleecker Hall, a second horrendous deathoccurs, the victim a relative of Alan Cartwright, assistant manager of theillustrious showplace. Police embark on an arduous investigation. Doubts andsuspicions mount and motives and secrets abound. Eager for resolution to themysterious death, Alan recruits private investigator Sloane Sheppard, but soonyet another victim meets a brutal end.Slowly but inexorably darkness begins to fade as crucial revelations lead SloaneSheppard step by surprising step to the answers he seeks to resolve the shockingdeaths and to bring a devious and cunning killer to justice