Description
Lena Aldridge believed she left the drama behind once she disembarked the Queen Mary after a transatlantic voyage. Her passage from England to New York had been filled with an impromptu reunion with her biological mother, a hint of a romance with a musician, and three dead bodies. As Lena accompanies her new beau, Will, to Harlem, she only feels comfortable in his company. She is introduced to Will’s best friends, Louis and Claudette, who are quick to provide some details about Will’s past. Despite learning about Will’s checkered history, Lena possesses secrets of her own and doesn’t judge Will too harshly. Lena’s trip to Harlem allows her to unearth some of her family secrets and she jumps in with both feet. Lena’s progress with her investigation and her relationship with Will comes to a grinding halt with a fatal plunge from an apartment building with multiple witnesses and suspects.
Harlem After Midnight begins on a mystery and adds further conundrums along its path toward a blindsiding yet blistering denouement. Author Louise Hare (“Miss Aldridge Regrets”) exceptionally explores the torment wrought by buried secrets and how fragile family bonds can prove to be. This is a first-class effort from beginning to end.
