Sinners of Starlight City

From the author of the international bestsellerThe German Heiress, a gripping historical drama about a woman determined to avenge the crimes against her family, set at the 1933 Chicago Worlds Fair.The magnificent Anika Scott has written a lush and beautifully rendered novel that will keep you turning pages long into the night. Mystery, intrigue, secrets and a vendetta fuel this story, which is ultimately about the meaning of family and the power of love. Brava!"e; Adriana Trigiani, New York Times bestselling author ofThe Good Left UndoneVengeance is in the family, and the family is a bond like no otherIts the worst year of the Great Depression, and America needs all the hope it can get. The Chicago Worlds Fair, a glittery city-within-a-city, becomes a symbol of the good thats yet to come. But every utopia has a seedy sideand thats Rosa Mancusos world. As the mysterious Madame Mystique she mixes magic with a dose of bare skin burlesque, bringing customers to the home of the Fairs carnival rides and spectacles.Rosa doesnt perform for fame, though. She has come from Mussolinis Italy to America, where shes plotting her revenge for the murders of her family. The perpetrator will soon arrive at the Worlds 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. With the clock ticking, Rosa decides the only way to survive is to make vengeance a family affair and prompt everyone to, at last, confront the sins from their pasts.A gripping story of retribution, belonging, and survival,Sinners of Starlight Cityboldly explores the complexity of identities straddling ethnic lines and asks, who gets to decide who we are and where we belong?

From the author of the international bestsellerThe German Heiress, a gripping historical drama about a woman determined to avenge the crimes against her family, set at the 1933 Chicago Worlds Fair.The magnificent Anika Scott has written a lush and beautifully rendered novel that will keep you turning pages long into the night. Mystery, intrigue, secrets and a vendetta fuel this story, which is ultimately about the meaning of family and the power of love. Brava!"e; Adriana Trigiani, New York Times bestselling author ofThe Good Left UndoneVengeance is in the family, and the family is a bond like no otherIts the worst year of the Great Depression, and America needs all the hope it can get. The Chicago Worlds Fair, a glittery city-within-a-city, becomes a symbol of the good thats yet to come. But every utopia has a seedy sideand thats Rosa Mancusos world. As the mysterious Madame Mystique she mixes magic with a dose of bare skin burlesque, bringing customers to the home of the Fairs carnival rides and spectacles.Rosa doesnt perform for fame, though. She has come from Mussolinis Italy to America, where shes plotting her revenge for the murders of her family. The perpetrator will soon arrive at the Worlds 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. With the clock ticking, Rosa decides the only way to survive is to make vengeance a family affair and prompt everyone to, at last, confront the sins from their pasts.A gripping story of retribution, belonging, and survival,Sinners of Starlight Cityboldly explores the complexity of identities straddling ethnic lines and asks, who gets to decide who we are and where we belong?