Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson

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Step into the glitz, glamour, and dark underbelly of 1920s London, where the party never stops—and danger hides in every shadow. The year is 1926. In the wake of the Great War, London is a city desperate to forget the past and lose itself in jazz, cocktails, and hedonism. At the absolute center of this dazzling nightlife empire is Nellie Coker, a ruthless, brilliant matriarch who rules Soho's most exclusive underground clubs with an iron fist. But success breeds enemies. Freshly released from a brief stint in prison, Nellie finds her empire under siege from rival gang lords, corrupt police officers, and blackmailers. To secure her family's future, she must manage her ambitious, treacherous children, each jockeying for a piece of the family business. Beneath the sparkling surface of the dance floors, a sinister reality lurks as young women arriving in the city begin to mysteriously vanish. Chief Inspector Frobisher is determined to bring Nellie down and expose the truth, recruiting a sharp-witted librarian to go deep undercover into the dangerous world of the shrines of gaiety. A masterfully woven, witty, and deeply atmospheric historical novel that perfectly captures the frantic energy, dark secrets, and shifting morals of the post-war world.

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