True Crime Books: Broadway Butterfly with Author Sara DiVello

Published: Aug. 22, 2023, 4:04 a.m.

b'Manhattan, 1923. Scandalous flapper Dot King is found dead in her Midtown apartment, a bottle of chloroform beside her and a fortune in jewels missing. Dot\\u2019s headline-making murder grips the city. It also draws a clutch of lovers, parasites, and justice seekers into one of the city\\u2019s most mesmerizing mysteries.Among them: Daily News crime reporter Julia Harpman, chasing the story while navigating a male-dominated industry; righteous NYPD detective John D. Coughlin, struggling against city corruption; and Ella Bradford, the victim\\u2019s Harlem maid, closest confidante, and keeper of secrets. Adding fuel to the already volatile crime: a politically connected Philadelphia socialite, an Atlantic City bootlegger, Dot\\u2019s dicey gigolo lover, a sultry Broadway dancer, and a cagey sugar daddy guarding secrets of his own.From Broadway\\u2019s glittering lights to its sordid underbelly to the machinations of the country\\u2019s most powerful men, Julia embarks on a quest for justice. What she discovers, twist after breathtaking twist, might be even more nefarious than murder.
Sara DiVello is a true-crime novelist and the creator/host of the Mystery and Thriller Mavens Author Interview Series. She also serves as the director of social media strategy for the International Thriller Writers association. Sara has appeared on CBS, ABC, and CNBC, as well as in the New York Times, Forbes, the San Francisco Chronicle, and more. Her articles have been published in Marie Claire, Elle, Redbook, Cosmopolitan, and Woman\\u2019s Day, as well as in other outlets. In her spare time, Sara loves to cook (and eat!), garden, and go for leisurely walks with her husband and their beloved rescue mutt, Peluda.She runs the Mystery and Thriller Mavens Facebook group, a free online book group where readers can continue the conversation, enter giveaways, request their favorite authors, submit questions in advance, and dish about their latest reads and favorite books. All are welcome.www.saradivello.comwww.mysteryandthrillermavens.comFacebook.com/AuthorSaraDiVelloInstagram: @saradivelloTwitter: @SaraDiVello'