Synopsis:~

“Maybe it was time to land straight in the middle of the adventure…”

Hamish DeLuca has spent most of his life trying to hide the anxiety that appears at the most inopportune times — including during his first real court case as a new lawyer. Determined to rise above his father’s expectations, Hamish runs away to Boston where his cousin, Luca Valari, is opening a fashionable nightclub in Scollay Square. When he meets his cousin’s “right hand man” Reggie, Hamish wonders if his dreams for a more normal life might be at hand. 

Regina “Reggie” Van Buren, heir to a New Haven fortune, has fled fine china, small talk, and the man her parents expect her to marry. Determined to make a life as the self-sufficient city girl she’s seen in her favorite Jean Arthur and Katharine Hepburn pictures, Reggie runs away to Boston, where she finds an easy secretarial job with the suave Luca Valari. But as she and Hamish work together in Luca’s glittering world, they discover a darker side to the smashing Flamingo night club.

When a corpse is discovered at the Flamingo, Reggie and Hamish quickly learn there is a vast chasm between the haves and the have-nots in 1937 Boston—and that there’s an underworld that feeds on them both. As Hamish is forced to choose between his conscience and loyalty to his beloved cousin, the unlikely sleuthing duo work to expose a murder before the darkness destroys everything they’ve worked to build. 

My endorsement:~

In typical McMillan style, the city of Boston takes centre stage alongside an uncommon and endearing hero in this entertaining murder mystery. Murder at the Flamingo is beguiling and colourful, as Hamish and Reggie are immersed in the glitz and glamour that is the Flamingo, drawn deeper into the underbelly of unpalatable business machinations and nefarious men. Vivid in characterisation and prose, this novel sparkles as Hamish battles his inner demons each day and Reggie pursues her independence with an unbridled passion.

With thanks to Thomas Nelson for my endorsement copy. 

NOTE: Hamish himself will be visiting Relz Reviewz in a couple of weeks! Be sure to come back and see what he has to say 🙂

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