Ray Celestin 4 Book Set The Axeman's Jazz, Dead Man's Blues, The Mobster's Lament, Sunset Swing

Ray Celestin 4 Book Set brings together four crime novels set against vividly drawn American cities across the early to mid-20th century. Each story follows investigators and insiders as they confront violent crimes, missing persons and dangerous secrets, with settings that range from Los Angeles to New Orleans, Chicago and New York.

In Sunset Swing, young nurse Kerry Gaudet travels to the City of Angels to search for her missing brother as a serial killer strikes at random. The Axeman's Jazz moves to New Orleans in 1919, where the Axeman stalks the city and three individuals work to uncover his identity, including Detective Lieutenant Michael Talbot, who is leading the official investigation while carrying a grave secret. Dead Man's Blues is set in Chicago, 1928, as a poisoned group of city leaders, a mutilated gangster and a vanished heiress signal a summer of disturbing events. In The Mobster's Lament, New York, 1947, mob fixer Gabriel Leveson is ordered by Frank Costello to recover stolen mob money, unaware of who is watching him.

Included titles

• Sunset Swing
• The Axeman's Jazz
• Dead Man's Blues
• The Mobster's Lament

Key details

• Four-book set by Ray Celestin
• Settings include Los Angeles, New Orleans, Chicago and New York
• Time periods span 1919 to 1947
• Crime fiction featuring investigations, disappearances and organised crime

Synopses

Sunset Swing

A young nurse, Kerry Gaudet, heads to the City of Angels to find her missing brother. With a serial killer terrorising the city and victims chosen at random, she has very few leads and fears the worst.

The Axeman's Jazz

New Orleans, 1919. As the Axeman stalks the city, three individuals set out to unmask him. Detective Lieutenant Michael Talbot leads the official investigation, but struggles to find leads while harbouring a grave secret.

Dead Man's Blues

Chicago, 1928. In the stifling summer heat, three unsettling events unfold: city leaders are poisoned in a luxury hotel, a white gangster is found mutilated in an alleyway in the Black Belt, and a famous heiress disappears without a trace.

The Mobster's Lament

New York, 1947. Mob fixer Gabriel Leveson plans to flee the city, but his escape is delayed when Frank Costello tasks him with tracking down stolen mob money. As he searches, he fails to notice who is watching him.