Renowned theater director Cordelia Thorn is working to restore a historic theater in downtown Minneapolis that she and her actress sister Octavia recently bought Cordelia has a vision for the playhouses future but the more she learns about the building the more fascinated she becomes by its past Nicknamed The Old Deep and Dark because of the Prohibition-era double murder that occurred in the basement-then a speakeasy-there are a wealth of secrets hidden inside its walls And to her shock and horror Cordelia discovers that there is also one present-day body literally buried in a basement wall Cordelia immediately calls on her best friend PI Jane LawlessAlthough Jane is already in the thick of another investigation-shes embroiled in a well-known country-western singers family scandal-she agrees to help Cordelia out on the side But show-biz is a small world and as Jane starts tracing the trails of two separate investigations shes surprised to find they might not be as unconnected as she thoughtWith The Old Deep and Dark the latest installment in the award-winning Jane Lawless series Ellen Hart has crafted another impeccably plotted seamlessly written mysteryThe Old Deep and Dark is the Winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Best Lesbian Mystery.
