Last Call at the Nightingale, Katharine Schellman
Last Call at the Nightingale, Katharine Schellman
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Last Call at the Nightingale

Author: Katharine Schellman

Narrator: Sara Young

Unabridged: 9 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/07/2022


Synopsis

New York, 1924. Vivian Kelly's days are filled with drudgery, from the tenement lodging she shares with her sister to the dress shop where she sews for hours every day. But at night, she escapes to The Nightingale, an underground dance hall where illegal liquor flows and the band plays the Charleston with reckless excitement. With a bartender willing to slip her a free glass of champagne and friends who know the owner, Vivian can lose herself in the music. No one asks where she came from or how much money she has. No one bats an eye if she flirts with men or women as long as she can keep up on the dance floor. At The Nightingale, Vivian forgets the dangers of Prohibition-era New York and finds a place that feels like home. But then she discovers a body behind the club, and those dangers come knocking. Caught in a police raid at the Nightingale, Vivian discovers that the dead man wasn't the nameless bootlegger he first appeared. With too many people assuming she knows more about the crime than she does, Vivian finds herself caught between the dangers of New York's underground and the world of the city's wealthy and careless, where money can hide any sin and the lives of the poor are considered disposable...including Vivian's own.

About Katharine Schellman

Katharine Schellman studied theatre and history at the College of William & Mary, after which she went on to dance professionally, marry her college sweetheart, and collect addresses up and down the east coast of the United States. The Body in the Garden is her debut novel, although she has previously published a variety of short fiction and essays. She currently lives and writes in the mountains of Virginia and is still recovering from that time she worked in political consulting.

About Sara Young

Sara Young is an experienced audiobook narrator, actor, voice artist, and writer. She attended Case Western Reserve University, where she studied theatre and economics, and enjoys watching horror movies in her free time. A native of Toledo, Ohio, she currently lives in Cleveland, Ohio.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Catherine on April 12, 2023

**Many thanks to NetGalley, Minotaur/St. Martin's Press, and Katharine Schellman for an ARC of this book! Now available as of 6.7!** I visited the Nightingale expecting flappers, moonshine, jazz, mystery, and an aura of danger...but what I got was a bit more of your standard 'corner bar and grill ful......more

Last Call at the Nightingale by Katherine Schellman was well written and imagined. It explored the streets and neighborhoods as well as a particular speak easy in New York City during the colorful Jazz Age years of the early 1920’s when prohibition made selling alcoholic beverages illegal. The vivid......more

Goodreads review by Laur on May 23, 2022

Last Call at the Nightingale, Katherine Schellman, narrated by Sara Young. Set in New York, Prohibition-era 1924. The Nightingale - an underground dance hall where illegal liquor and champagne flows. The band plays for the crowd to dance with either reckless excitement, or perhaps a passionate waltz.......more

Goodreads review by Lydia on May 05, 2022

What a great book Katharine Schellman. As soon as I read the first page I was hooked. The is a intriguing Jazz age mystery murder. I really like the character Vivian. I understood from my own experience how she didn't want to waste her young life working at a horrible dress shop. Vivian Kelly is try......more

Goodreads review by Diana on June 10, 2022

Wow, the descriptions and setting in this book made me feel like I was in the underground dance club the Nightingale right along with the characters. Seeing a dead man in the alley brought Vivian into trying to find his killer. She definitely got into some dangerous dealings as this mystery unfolded.......more