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Cahokia Jazz

By: Francis Spufford
Narrated by: Andy Ingalls
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A thrilling tale of murder and mystery in a city where history has run a little differently — from the bestselling author of Golden Hill.

In a city that never was, in an America that never was, on a snowy night at the end of winter, two detectives find a body on the roof of a skyscraper.

It’s 1922, and Americans are drinking in speakeasies, dancing to jazz, stepping quickly to the tempo of modern times. Beside the Mississippi, the ancient city of Cahokia lives on – a teeming industrial metropolis, containing every race and creed. Among them, peace holds. Just about. But that body on the roof is about to spark off a week that will spill the city’s secrets, and bring it, against a soundtrack of wailing clarinets and gunfire, either to destruction or rebirth.

The multiple-award-winning Francis Spufford returns, with a lovingly created, richly pleasure-giving, epically scaled tale set in the golden age of wicked entertainments.©2023 Francis Spufford (P)2023 W. F. Howes Ltd Crime Fiction Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Literary Fiction Mystery Science Fiction Crime Exciting
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I didn’t think Spufford could better than ‘On Golden Hill’ but he has. I was entranced by this magical city - if only it were real. Dramatic, exciting, romantic. It has it all. Barrow is such a wonderful central character.
The performance was very good- he can’t do an Irish accent but I’ll for forgive him for that!

I didn’t want it to end

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This was recommended by a friend as something different to read, and it was. It took me a little while to get into it but I really enjoyed. It was a good story with interesting characters and the narrator bought them to life.

Different

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Such a great audiobook. The narrator really got into the different accents and it really made the listening experience great.

Fabulous voices!

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Set in an intricate, and absorbing world the plot drags you in, and then keeps you listening with a combination of unexpected twists, and a true storytellers sense of pace. The author manages to carefully tread the line between following“the right “ Plot for his characters, and sustaining intrigue and suspense for the reader. I had heard beautiful reviews for this book and it lived up to all of them. Thank you to all involved.

Beautifully written, beautifully performed! 

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This is highly enjoyable. The narrator does a fine job, except when he attempts an Irish accent for one of the characters. He really needs to work on that!

Distinctive, original and gripping

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