Henrietta Von Harmon works as a 26 girl at a corner bar on Chicago’s northwest side. It’s 1935, but things still aren’t looking up since the big crash and her father’s subsequent suicide, leaving Henrietta to care for her antagonistic mother and younger siblings.

Henrietta is eventually persuaded to take a job as a taxi dancer at a local dance hall―and just when she’s beginning to enjoy herself, the floor matron turns up dead. When aloof Inspector Clive Howard appears on the scene, Henrietta agrees to go undercover for him―and is plunged into Chicago’s grittier underworld.

Meanwhile, she’s still busy playing mother hen to her younger siblings, as well as to pesky neighborhood boy Stanley, who believes himself in love with her and keeps popping up in the most unlikely places, determined to keep Henrietta safe―even from the Inspector, if need be. Despite his efforts, however, and his penchant for messing up the Inspector’s investigation, the lovely Henrietta and the impenetrable Inspector find themselves drawn to each other in most unsuitable ways.

Targeted Age Group: 30+
Genre: Mystery/Suspense

What was your inspiration for this book?
The character of Henrietta Von Harmon was based on a real-life woman I met while working in a nursing home. She used to tell me that "once upon a time, I had a man-stopping body and a personality to go with it!" And thus, Henrietta was born. I "borrowed" a lot of details from this woman's life, so a lot of what happens in the book really did happen. I made up the murder, of course, and the inspector, but Henrietta is very grounded in reality.

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