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      Paperback Too Dead to Swing Book
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      ISBN: 1880284537

      ISBN13: 9781880284537

      Too Dead to Swing: A Katy Green Mystery

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      It's 1940, and musician Katy Green gets what ought to be a dream gig, playing with the Ultra Belles-an all-female swing band. They travel by Pullman on the luxurious Starlight from Los Angeles to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

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      Rated 5 stars
      The more things change --

      By Thriftbooks.com User,

      Katy Green has a wonderful, sardonic, and very with-it voice as narrator of this wonderful period mystery. The period in question is just before the US entered WWII, in 1940, and girl bands then were only slightly more scarce than they are today. She's a keen observer of her fellow humans, as well as the everyday world in which she lives, including the scenic settings of pre-war California. Katy is a classically-trained...

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      Rated 5 stars
      The reader is so drawn into their escapades

      By Thriftbooks.com User,

      Hal Glatzer is a writer, with three prior books to his credit: Kamehameha County, The Trapdoor, and Massively Parallel Murder. His diverse vocations include directing the Art Deco Society, playing swing guitar, and an interest in the arts and culture of the 1930's and 1940's.In Too Dead To Swing, Glatzer asserts that he has reproduced a manuscript written by a Hannah Dobryn, ghostwriter of girl-detective stories. Mr. Glatzer...

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