From Anthony and Agatha Award-winning author of the Dead-End Job mysteriesâa gritty series featuring a no-nonsense female journalist who follows her stories wherever they may leadâ¦especially if they lead to big trouble. St. Louis City Gazette columnist Francesca Vierling has scored a ticket to the Leather and Lace Bikersâ Society Ball, one of the highlights of the social calendar. The organizers of the ball would prefer the event be considered a low-light, however, and have done everything they can to rough up the affair and deter the RUBsâRich Urban Bikers who canât tell a Harley Hog from a Holstein heiferâfrom showing up. A little grittiness canât stop ultra-fashionable socialite Sydney Vander Venter from making an appearance. Sheâs the talk of the town thanks to an impending divorce from her ultra-wealthy husband. But after spending the evening making moves on a few too many married men, sheâs told to hit the road. When Sydneyâs body is found ditched in a back alley, Francesca finds herself on a hunt for a murderer that takes her into the lives of St. Louisâs hardcore biker gangs and the prim and powerful elite. But she soon learns that those very different worlds have one rule in common⦠If you donât belong, you donât survive for long. Note: The author has made some minor revisions to the original text for this edition of the book.
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