The Right to Sing the Blues

By John Moody

Book Overview

AN ALO NUDGER MYSTERY New Orleans is off Alo Nudger's beaten path; the St. Louis private detective likes the comforts of home. But he also loves jazz, and when he's given a round-trip ticket to the Crescent City by legendary clarinetist Fat Jack McGee, who needs to talk to him, Nudger is willing to take a flyer. Fat Jack has a problem, maybe two: A singer named Ineida, whose father is a very important man in New Orleans, and a pianist named Hollister. Hollister plays the blues just fine, but there's something about him that disturbs Fat Jack. In fact, now that Hollister and the girl are an item, Fat Jack's scared. It doesn't take long before Nudger is, too.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743412885
• ISBN13: 9780743412889
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: iBooks
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.8" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

Proficient and well crafted private eye novel

This is an entry in the established and long -running private eye series featuring "Aloysius(Alo)Nudger " an operative based in St Louis .This time around he is away from his normal stamping grounds and working a case in New Orleans . A prominent jazz musician and nightclub owner "Fat Jack McGee" hires Nudger to do some checking on a brilliant young pianist ,Wille Hollister who is showing an interest in an singer at his club...