The Girls in the High-Heeled Shoes: An Alexander Brass Mystery 2

By Michael Kurland

Book Overview

Two-Headed Mary, the philanthropic panhandler who dresses like a society matron when she approaches theatergoers for donations to nonexistent charities, is missing. So is sidelined hoofer Billie Trask, who disappeared from the cashier's office of K. Jeffrey Welton's hit show Lucky Lady with the weekend take. Could either of them have followed a third Broadway babe, Fine and Dandy chorine Lydia Laurent--whose strangled, nude body, accompanied by two complete suits of clothing, has been found in Central Park? If this seems like an awful lot of women in jeopardy, Two-Headed Mary turns out to have enough separate identities to populate a small European monarchy: She's claimed under various guises by a Broadway hanger-on, a daughter, a husband, and a big-time con man, the Professor, who's got even more cover stories than she does. Since the police are as helpless as they always are in 1935, it falls to New York World columnist Alexander Brass and his cheerfully wide-eyed sidekick Morgan DeWitt to dig up the truth.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783295384
• ISBN13: 9781783295388
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Titan Books (UK)
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Another wonderful Alexander Brass story

Another fun historical whodunit featuring journalist/reporter Alexander Brass anf his two assistants Morgan Dewitt and Gloria Adams. The case this time is the body ofa young woman found strangled and two sets of clothes belonging. The case was fun to follow. It was great.

Michael Kurland is brilliant!

Michael Kurland is one of the best writers in the genre -- I highly recommend his work!