The release date for the English version of 'Shrines of Gaiety' by
Kate Atkinson is Sep 2022. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
Paris in 1926. Golden Age of Cinema.
graft. Enticement. Payments are due.
With a nation still reeling from the Great War, London serves as the epicenter for an insane nightlife. In Soho bars, foreign dignitaries mingle with criminals, peers of the realm with starlets, and girls peddle dances for a shilling a piece.
Nellie Coker rules brutally and with ambition for her six children there. The oldest, Niven, developed his mysterious personality throughout the hard Somme. But enemies are born of achievement. Nellie is threatened both inside and outside. There's a dark underbelly underneath the merriment, where it's easy to become lost.