{"product_id":"2940169838312","title":"Chasing the Devil's Tail: A Mystery of Storyville, New Orleans","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the raucous, bloody, red-light district of Storyville, New Orleans, in 1907, where two thousand scarlet women practice their trade in grand mansions and filthy dime-a-trick cribs, where cocaine and opium are sold over the counter, and where rye whiskey flows like an amber river, there¿s a killer loose. Someone is murdering Storyville prostitutes and marking each killing with a black rose.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs Creole detective Valentin St. Cyr begins to investigate, he encounters a cast of characters drawn from history: Tom Anderson, the political boss who runs Storyville like a private kingdom; Lulu White, the district¿s most notorious madam; a young piano player who would come to be known as Jelly Roll Morton; and Buddy Bolden, the man who all but invented jazz and is now losing his mind.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNo ordinary mystery, \u003cem\u003eChasing the Devil's Tail\u003c\/em\u003e is a chilling portrait of musical genius and self-destruction, set at the moment when jazz was born.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47099804352752,"sku":"2940169838312","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169838312_p0.jpg?v=1769901417","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169838312","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}