It’s the worst year of the Great Depression, and the Chicago World’s Fair becomes a symbol of the good that’s yet to come. As the mysterious Madame Mystique, Rosa Mancuso mixes magic with a dose of bare skin burlesque, bringing customers to the home of the Fair’s carnival rides and spectacles. Rosa doesn’t perform for fame, though. She has come from Mussolini’s Italy to America, where she’s plotting her revenge for the murders of her family. The perpetrator will soon arrive at the World’s Fair via a celebrated Italian air fleet, and Rosa is determined to be prepared. But when her estranged cousin, Mina, comes to her desperate for help, with a dangerous mobster close on her heels, Rosa agrees to protect Mina and her new baby, born across the color line.
I ve been spending some time actually reading books instead of just talking about them, so apologies for the delay in posting! This is likely the second-last in the historical fiction section of the lists I ve been putting together, and I m looking for a couple more fall releases to round out the…
A man who was convicted of the 2007 murder of University of the West Indies (UWI) lecturer, Dr Peter Vogel, was on Friday ordered to serve 10 years in prison before being eligible for parole consideration.
The convict, Kelvin Downer, successfully