Midnight , New York Harbor , 1949. Cantor Gold , dapper dyke-about-town , smuggler of fine art , waits in her boat under the Brooklyn Bridge for racketeer Gregory Ortine. In the shadow of the bridge , he’ll toss Cantor a satchel of cash , and she’ll toss him a pouch containing a priceless jewel. But the plan , and the jewel , sink when a woman in a red sequined dress drops from the bridge and slams onto Cantor’s boat. She is Opal Shaw , Society Page darling and fiancée of murder-for-hire kingpin Sig Loreale. Through a night of danger , desire , and double-cross , Cantor must satisfy Loreale’s vengeance , stay ahead of an angry Ortine , and untangle the knots of murder tightening around Opal’s best friend and keeper of her dirty secrets , Celeste Copley , a seductress who excites Cantor’s passion but snares her in a labyrinth of lies. The lies explode in a collision of love , loyalty , lust…and death.
Midnight , New York Harbor , 1949. Cantor Gold , dapper dyke-about-town , smuggler of fine art , waits in her boat under the Brooklyn Bridge for racketeer Gregory Ortine. In the shadow of the bridge , he’ll toss Cantor a satchel of cash , and she’ll toss him a pouch containing a priceless jewel. But the plan , and the jewel , sink when a woman in a red sequined dress drops from the bridge and slams onto Cantor’s boat. She is Opal Shaw , Society Page darling and fiancée of murder-for-hire kingpin Sig Loreale. Through a night of danger , desire , and double-cross , Cantor must satisfy Loreale’s vengeance , stay ahead of an angry Ortine , and untangle the knots of murder tightening around Opal’s best friend and keeper of her dirty secrets , Celeste Copley , a seductress who excites Cantor’s passion but snares her in a labyrinth of lies. The lies explode in a collision of love , loyalty , lust…and death.