November 18. 1917. America has begun to just send troops “Over There” as part of the Great War effort. The Roaring Twenties are on the horizon. And in New Orleans, Storyville is closing its doors afte
Storyville, New Orleans, 1907. In this raucous, rowdy, bloody red-light district, where 2,000 scarlet women ply their trade in grand mansions and filthy dime-a-trick cribs, cocaine and opium are sold
In the rowdy red-light district of Storyville, four players of the new music they call "jass" have turned up dead. When Creole detective Valentin St. Cyr begins to investigate, he discovers that every
