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Set in 1936 Shanghai, "Night in Shanghai" follows Thomas Greene, an African‑American trumpeter from Baltimore who arrives to lead a black jazz orchestra in the city’s bustling expatriate scene. His world expands as he becomes entwined with Song Yuhua, a refined Shanghai native bound to the city’s most powerful crime boss to repay her father’s gambling debts. As the Japanese invasion and the outbreak of World War II echo in the streets, Thomas and Song face choices that test their loyalty to music, their survival, and their conscience. Against a backdrop of jazz clubs, organized crime, and underground Communist espionage, the novel explores the tension between freedom and duty, romance and war, culminating in an impossible decision that will determine their futures.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Nicole Mones
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