Kansas City, 1922: a hub of jazz music and the mob. While the Kansas side of the city had Carrie Nation and prohibition, on the Missouri side the Irish Pendergast brothers kept the liquor flowing.
Claire O'Connor is a young newspaper reporter, hungry to find her next big case. While interviewing Anthony Glaviano about his new restaurant, a man is cut down outside on the street.
Claire wants to solve the murder. Unknown to her, Anthony is keeping secrets from her, and the restaurant's true purpose is something completely different. The two begin an affair, but soon, a handsome detective begins blackmailing Claire about the Glaviano family and their criminal dealings, and Claire needs to decide where her loyalties lie.
Connie L. Beckett's 'Murder At The Tindari' is a romantic mystery set in the early 20th century United States.