Ace Carroway and the Handsome Devil - The Adventures of Ace Carroway, #3 - E-book - ePub

It's 1921 and the world mourns the disappearance of aviatrix Cecilia "Ace" Carroway, lost during a 'round-the-world attempt. Barely, Ace survives what she knows was an assassination masterminded by underworld kingpin Darko Dor. In secret, she gathers her five wartime comrades and opens a detective agency, intending to hunt Dor and his ilk. Before the paint dries on the door, Ratface the mugger strikes, a chemist is kidnapped, and rumors surface of a shadowy hideaway called Smuggler's Crossroads.
Furthermore, at her very first public appearance, a pair of handsome gentlemen vie for her attentions in outrageous style. Is this shower of fragrant flowers and honeyed words too good to be true?Why, yes. Yes, it is. It's a trap, and if Ace doesn't connect all the clues in time, the shadowy Darko Dor will win another victory. You'll love this this book if you like:  Peril. 1920s New York. Female pilots dealing with post-crash facial scars.
Guys in trench coats. Guys in suits. Black market abductions. Ford roadsters with running boards. Brawls. Clipped sentences. Rotary dial telephones. Roses. Hamlet. Cowboy drawl. Tommy guns.