1920s Prohibition turned many mothers into bootleggers and women into entrepreneurs
How was it living through WWI and images from every day life from the 1920s
A cosy mystery set in the 1920s, with an interesting pair of amateur sleuths. A jazz singer dies in the paddle of the steamboat. Suspects abound.
The Doom List is a solid mystery novel set in 1920s Hollywood. Movie stars, personal secrets, paparazzi, and a very relatable, clever gumshoes
Prohibition characterised American history for thirteen year, influencing life, social mores and probably the attitude of people towarda the law
GHOSTS THROUGH THE CRAKCS by Sarah Zama – a 1920s novella – Even in sparkling Jazz Age Chicago, spirits can trick you into believing they’re men
INNOCENCE LOST (Sherilyn Decter) A story of self-discovery in Prohibition Era Philadelphia. Since the police seems unintereted in the murder of a young boy, Meggie decides she has to investigate herself
The Challenge of Time: Writing the 1920s for the 21st Century Reader – Interview with Sherilyn Decter, author of crime fiction set in the 1920s
Two novellas from author Sherilyn Decter, “Destinations” and “The Unstoppable Jennie Justo”. Both set in the 1920s, both the story of a faisty woman with the intention so shape her life just like she wants.
The usual roundup of links about history and everything 1920s, and a glimpse on what I plan to do on this blog in the next couple of months
“It’s not lightly that a man chooses his own brother” – THE BONECASTER’S COIN by Sarah Zama (quote)
A couple of weeks ago we held a party in the 1920s Book Club. We exchanged recommendations of books set in the 1920s or written around the 1920s. The recommendation had to be accompanied by a visual.
It was great fun and there were such interestiresting recemmendations that I thought I'd share them with you…