'This book is more meticulously choreographed than a chorus line. It all pays off … A second reading, like a second cocktail, is almost better than the first.'
– New York Times Book Review

‘A genius of historical fiction’
– Daily Telegraph

'Inspired by a real-life unsolved mystery, this mesmerising novel features characters that make a lasting impression.'
 

– People

'A great story, told with verve and feeling ... Lawhon walks one of fiction’s trickiest tightropes, creating a novel that is both genuinely moving and full of pulpy fun.'

– Booklist

'A page-turner filled with glitz and glamour as well as murder, greed, and deceit.'

– Romantic Times

‘A genuinely surprising whodunit.’

– USA Today

'Fresh and imaginative. . . . A sordid portrait of mobsters and mayhem, corruption and carnage, greed and graft . . . [Lawhon] slyly builds the suspense to a stunning revelation.'

– Richmond Times-Dispatch

'A gripping, fast-paced noir novel. . . . Lawhon brings fresh intrigue to this tale. . . . [and] captures a New York City period full of high-kicking showgirls, mob-linked speakeasies and Tammany Hall political scandal.'

– Associated Press

'A romp through New York in the late ’20s ... Populated by gangsters and crooked politicians, society ladies and dancers, this story is nothing like your day-to-day life and yet ... you will find the three women mentioned in the title strangely recognisable.'

– Charlotte Observer

'Vivid and unsettling, with a finale as startling as the pop of a gun.'

– Caroline Leavitt, bestselling author of Pictures of You and Is This Tomorrow

'A stylish homage to noir ... This fun, fast-paced novel has it all: speakeasies, gangsters, show girls, and not one, not two, but three women scorned. A real page-turner.'

– Melanie Benjamin, bestselling author of The Aviator’s Wife