Harcourt, Orlando, 2005, 1^st/1^st.  ISBN 0-15-101025-0.  Hard cover, 334 pages plus Acknowledgments.  Unread near fine copy in near fine jacket.  A Valentin St. Cyr Mystery, second in the Storyville series.  ‘In 1909 in the rowdy red-light district of New Orleans, four plays of the new music they call “jass” have turned up dead.  When Creole detective Valentin St. Cyr begins to investigate, he discovers that all of the victims once played in the same band, and the only one still alive has gone into hiding.’ (from front flap)