Set against the glitter and danger of Jazz Age New York City, Sirens is a young adult historical novel blending mystery, romance, organized crime, Prohibition, flappers, family secrets, and female friendship into a story about two young women learning to take control of their lives.
New York City, 1925. Flappers dance, speakeasies flourish, gangsters rule the streets?and two young women are about to discover just how dangerous the Jazz Age can be.
Seventeen-year-old Josephine "Jo" Winter wants more from life than the future other people have planned for her. She dreams of becoming a writer. But when her bootlegger father sends her to stay with wealthy relatives in Manhattan, Jo finds herself swept into the glittering world of flappers, nightclubs, money, and Prohibition-era crime.
Behind the glamour lies a mystery Jo cannot ignore.
Her beloved older brother Teddy disappeared nearly a year ago, leaving behind secrets?and a journal that powerful people desperately want to find. Jo is convinced Teddy may still be alive. But as she follows the clues he left behind, she discovers connections to notorious gangster Danny Connor, the 1920 Wall Street bombing, and a past far darker than she imagined. The manuscript explicitly establishes that Connor's men are searching for something Teddy left behind and that Jo believes Teddy disappeared for a reason.
Then there's Louise "Lou" O'Keefe, Danny Connor's glamorous girlfriend. Lou knows firsthand how intoxicating?and dangerous?Danny can be. She initially sees Jo as a rival, but the two young women become caught in the same web of loyalty, jealousy, romance, crime, and betrayal.
As Jo searches for the truth about Teddy, she must question everything she once believed about heroes and villains, right and wrong, and the people she loves. And both Jo and Lou must decide whether security lies in attaching themselves to powerful men?or in finding the courage to choose their own futures.
