02195cam a2200361 i 4500 505194910 TxAuBib 20210629120000.0 201211s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020055990 9780593199107 PAP 16.00 0593199103 PAP 16.00 (OCoLC)1226909703 TxAuBib rda Afia, Nekesa,. Dead dead girls / Nekesa Afia. First edition. New York : Berkley Prime Crime, 2021. 317 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes reading guide. "The start of an exciting new historical mystery series set during the Harlem Renaissance from debut author Nekesa Afia. Harlem, 1926. Young black women like Louise Lloyd are ending up dead. Following a harrowing kidnapping ordeal when she was in her teens, Louise is doing everything she can to maintain a normal life. She's succeeding, too. She spends her days working at Maggie's Café and her nights at the Zodiac, Harlem's hottest speakeasy. Louise's friends might say she's running from her past and the notoriety that still stalks her, but don't tell her that. When a girl turns up dead in front of the cafe Louise is forced to confront something she's been trying to ignore-two other local black girls have been murdered over the past few weeks. After an altercation with a police officer gets her arrested, Louise is given an ultimatum: She can either help solve the case or wind up in a jail cell. Louise has no choice but to investigate and soon finds herself toe-to-toe with a murderous mastermind hell-bent on taking more lives, maybe even her own"-- Provided by publisher. 20210630. jz. African American women Fiction. Murder Investigation Fiction. Harlem Renaissance Fiction. Harlem (New York, N.Y) Fictio. Historical fiction. Detective and mystery fiction.