Miss Aldridge Regrets av Louise Hare

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¿Charming characters, a cross-Atlantic setting, jazz, cocktails, sex and a brilliant murder mystery. You couldn¿t ask for more! I loved it¿ Harriet Tyce¿This is a cracker. A thoroughly absorbing and thought-provoking historical crime novel that oozes glamour¿ Cathy Rentzenbrink, The Last Act of Love¿An engrossing read¿ Guardian¿Hare¿s well-crafted second novel oozes glamour . . . Did someone mention Agatha Christie? Yes, but with the bonus of subtle reflections on race and class¿ Observer* * *London, 1936Lena Aldridge is wondering if life has passed her by. The dazzling theatre career she hoped for hasn¿t worked out. Instead, she¿s stuck singing in a sticky-floored basement club in Soho and her married lover has just left her. She has nothing to look forward to until a stranger offers her the chance of a lifetime: a starring role on Broadway and a first-class ticket on the Queen Mary bound for New York.After a murder at the club, the timing couldn¿t be better and Lena jumps at the chan