Undertones: Where Crime Meets Jazz

by Nancy Stephanie Stone

Overview

Undertones is a reference book on jazz in crime fiction. As this historical overview shows, crime and jazz are soul mates in American popular culture and this book is by far the most exhaustive - but entertaining- survey of the interaction of both.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781912916481
Publisher:	Galileo Publishers
Publication date:	09/15/2022
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Nancy Stephanie Stone is a recognised world authority on Crime and Thriller fiction. She wrote "A Reader's Guide to the Spy and Thriller Novel (Reader's guides to mystery novels)" which was published in 1997 and never surpassed.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Part 1

Jazz Roots: 1. Ragtime 13

2 The Blues 17

Regional & Other Mysteries:

Jazz: New Orleans 25

Jazz: Kansas City 41

Crime and Jazz in Chicago 47

Jazz and Crime in The Big Apple 53

West Coast: LA Jazz 71

West Coast Jazz: The Other LA 81

West Coast Jazz: San Francisco 87

Jazz Mysteries Abroad - An Overview 93

"Jazz Eyes" 101

Cops and Jazz 111

Jazz and Drugs 125

Jazz Spies and Thrillers 133

Part 2

Authors & Their Series Characters 141

Series Characters & Their Authors 145

Books and Short Stones by Author 149

Discography 307

Chronology 434

Locations 450

Hot One Hundred (Personal Favorites) 475

Jazz List by Authors 479

Addenda 505