Death Was Not on the Guest List

In Jenni L. Walsh’s captivating Jazz Age mystery, a charity whist drive at the opulent Bellevue House mansion turns deadly when the sharp-tongued hostess is found murdered, leaving twenty glamorous Chicago socialites trapped inside during a blizzard. Among them, Ginevra King Mitchell and Edith Cummings—real-life inspirations for characters in The Great Gatsby—find themselves in a fierce rivalry to uncover the truth. As secrets surface and tension escalates, the stakes rise when a second body is discovered, pushing the duo into a perilous race against time to unmask the killer before they become victims themselves.