{"product_id":"broadway-butterfly-a-thriller-9781662510151","title":"Broadway Butterfly: A Thriller","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York in the Roaring Twenties--a riveting true-crime novel, based on one of the most notorious unsolved murders of the era, where power, politics, and secrets conspire to bury the truth.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eManhattan, 1923. Scandalous flapper Dot King is found dead in her Midtown apartment, a bottle of chloroform beside her and a fortune in jewels missing. Dot's headline-making murder grips the city. It also draws a clutch of lovers, parasites, and justice seekers into one of the city's most mesmerizing mysteries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong them: \u003ci\u003eDaily News\u003c\/i\u003e crime reporter Julia Harpman, chasing the story while navigating a male-dominated industry; righteous NYPD detective John D. Coughlin, struggling against city corruption; and Ella Bradford, the victim's Harlem maid, closest confidante, and keeper of secrets. Adding fuel to the already volatile crime: a politically connected Philadelphia socialite, an Atlantic City bootlegger, Dot's dicey gigolo lover, a sultry Broadway dancer, and a cagey sugar daddy guarding secrets of his own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Broadway's glittering lights to its sordid underbelly to the machinations of the country's most powerful men, Julia embarks on a quest for justice. What she discovers, twist after breathtaking twist, might be even more nefarious than murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas \u0026amp; Mercer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781662510151\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432","brand":"Sara Divello","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42896170942645,"sku":"9781662510151","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_fc52a3a6-1df3-4d80-adbb-8d323dfc341e.jpg?v=1686101002","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/broadway-butterfly-a-thriller-9781662510151","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}