Venus Sings the Blues

To say Bones isn't thrilled with his dead-end job at the Venus Motel would be an understatement. But when you're fifteen years old with no family, expecting any prospects for your future feels pretty pointless. You just roll with the whims of the
powers that be. And the motel owner, Calico Foster, can barely keep herself afloat, much less rescue a lost kid. A job is all she can offer.

Why blues-playing magician Jimmy La Roux comes to this downtrodden motel full of weary souls is more than a...