The Last Drop Of Hemlock by Katherine Schellman
The Last Drop Of Hemlock by Katherine SchellmanBook 2 of 4: The Nightingale MysteriesBrand NewPaperback Genre: Historical Mystery The rumor went through the Nightingale like a flood, quietly rising, whispers hovering on lips in pockets of silence.Life as a working-class girl in Prohibition-era New York isn’t safe or functional. But Vivian Kelly has a new job at the Nightingale, an underground speakeasy where the jazz is hot and the employees look out for each other in a world that doesn’t care about them. Things are finally looking up for her and her sister Florence... until the night Vivian learns that her friend Bea's uncle, a bouncer at the Nightingale, has died.His death is ruled a suicide, but Bea isn’t so convinced. She knew her uncle was keeping a secret: a payoff from a mob boss that was going to take him out of the tenements and into a better life. Now, the money is missing.Though her better judgment tells her to stay out of it, Vivian agrees to help Bea U