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'Harks back to the golden days, when streetwise PI's came equipped with unforgettable one-liners and murder was fun. Perth's nightclubs in the 60s resembled Chicago speak-easies during Prohibition--gangsters making a fortune from illicit hooch, club owners making so much money they could afford to regularly hire and pay live bands! Even the boys in blue were happy, provided you remembered to stroll through the cemetery after hours with a paper bag full of cash. Ah, the good old days, or were they? There was that war beautiful jazz diva Joysie Rose caused...' (Amazon.com)
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