Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, (2006) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Set in 1898 in Oklahoma City and Sedalia Missouri, this is Karp's fifth mystery and the first novel in the The Ragtime Mystery trilogy. "Larry Karp found a worthy, though neglected segment of American music history to set a cleverly devised story of fact and fiction. By filling some of the undocumented gaps with a plausible tale, he retells the early history of ragtime, with its undercurrent of racism and business dealings. Along the way he provides deserving recognition for several creators of the art form, aside from Scott Joplin and "The Ragtime Kid," Brun Campbell." (David Reffkin) INSCRIBED on the title page. Selected bibliography. 353 pp. ISBN: 1-590583264.