{"product_id":"the-wicked-city-9780062405012","title":"The Wicked City","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eA Certain Age\u003c\/em\u003e, a deliciously spicy new Jazz Age adventure and the first book of a breathtaking new trilogy by bestselling author Beatriz Williams. Two generations of women are brought together inside a Greenwich Village apartment --a flapper hiding an extraordinary past, and a modern-day Manattanite forced to start her life anew.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen she discovers her banker husband has been harboring a secret life, Ella Gilbert escapes her SoHo loft for a studio in Greenwich Village. Her charismatic musician neighbor, Hector, warns her to stay out of the basement after midnight, when a symphony of mysterious noise strikes up--laughter, clinking glasses, jazz piano, the occasional bloodcurdling scream--even though the space has been empty for decades. Back in the Roaring Twenties, the basement was home to one of the city's most notorious speakeasies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1924, Geneva \"Gin\" Kelly, a quick-witted flapper from the hills of western Maryland, is a regular at this Village hideaway. Caught up in a raid, Gin lands in the office of Prohibition enforcement agent Oliver Anson, who persuades her to help him catch her stepfather, Duke Kelly, one of the biggest bootleggers in Appalachia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Gin is nobody's fool. She strikes a risky bargain with the taciturn, straight-arrow Revenue agent, and their alliance rattles Manhattan society to its foundations, exposing secrets that shock even this free-spirited redhead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Ella unravels the strange history of her new building--and the family thread that connects her to Geneva Kelly--she senses the Jazz Age spirit of her exuberant predecessor invading her own shy nature, in ways that will transform her existence in the wicked city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliams, Beatriz:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Beatriz Williams is the bestselling author of thirteen novels, including \u003cem\u003eHer Last Flight, The Summer Wives, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Golden Hour, \u003c\/em\u003e as well as \u003cem\u003eAll the Ways We Said Goodbye, \u003c\/em\u003ecowritten with Lauren Willig and Karen White\u003cem\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e A native of Seattle, she graduated from Stanford University and earned an MBA in finance from Columbia University. She lives with her husband and four children near the Connecticut shore, where she divides her time between writing and laundry.","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50543376269586,"sku":"9780062405012","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_db225b7f-1e28-4f2e-ac7b-bb5b85842caa.jpg?v=1731508009","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-wicked-city-9780062405012","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}