With the dance contest fast approaching, the trio must solve the mystery of the missing diamonds, unmask the murderer, and prevent more deadly crimes-all without missing a beat. Kinseys biography, bibliography, list of books, with the current titles, summaries, covers. But the stakes change dramatically when a mysterious death at the club brings a sinister note to the investigation. And the thief is planning to steal a hoard of jewels hidden there under the cover of a dance contest.Īs mutual pal Lady Hardcastle has suggested, Skins and Dunn are perfectly placed to be Sunderland’s eyes and ears-and Skins’s wife Ellie soon lends a hand with a bit of light snooping.
Superintendent Sunderland has had word that a deserter who stole a fortune in diamonds as he fled the war is a member of the Aristippus private members’ club in Mayfair-where the Dizzy Heights have a residency. With their band the Dizzy Heights, jazz musicians Ivor ‘Skins’ Maloney and Bartholomew ‘Barty’ Dunn are used to improvising as they play the Charleston for flappers and toffs, but things are about to take a surprising turn. With the dance contest fast approaching, the trio must solve the mystery of the missing diamonds, unmask the murderer, and prevent more deadly crimes-all without missing a beat.Missing diamonds. As mutual pal Lady Hardcastle has suggested, Skins and Dunn are perfectly placed to be Sunderland’s eyes and ears-and Skins’s wife Ellie soon lends a hand with a bit of light snooping. And the thief is planning to steal a hoard of jewels hidden there under the cover of a dance contest. A Detective Superintendent approaches them to be his eyes and ears as one of the dance members is a suspected war deserter and a diamond thief. Superintendent Sunderland has had word that a deserter who stole a fortune in diamonds as he fled.
I laughed out loud many times, especially at Skins and Barty’s antics and comments. Based in London in 1925 the story follows a jazz band who agree to help with a dance contest at a Gentlemens Club. With their band the Dizzy Heights, jazz musicians Ivor ‘Skins’ Maloney and Bartholomew ‘Barty’ Dunn are used to improvising as they play the Charleston for flappers and toffs, but things are about to take a surprising turn. Superintendent Sunderland has had word that a deserter who stole a fortune in diamonds as he fled the war is a member of the Aristippus private members’ club in Mayfair-where the Dizzy Heights have a residency. The Deadly Mystery of the Missing Diamonds is the 1st in A Dizzy Heights Mystery series by T.E.
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