Description: Georgia Barnett's live broadcast during an outdoor charity event isn't the only thing making news -- her report is interrupted by a grim discovery floating in Lake Michigan: the body of Fab Weaver, head of Big Time Records, one of the most productive and cutthroat companies on Chicago's Record Row. When suspicion falls on Jimmy Flamingo, a close family friend and down-on-his-luck blues guitarist, Georgia and her twin sister, Peaches, get on the case.

While searching for evidence that will clear Jimmy, Georgia, Peaches, and Georgia's love interest, Detective Doug Eckart, uncover a history of incredible artistry and shocking exploitation in the Chicago music business. Their investigation reaches back into a bygone era, when Chicago was the site for the African-American music scene and when Record Row was even more prominent than Motown. But while their music ruled the airwaves and sold millions, many R & B artists of that era -- including Flamingo -- never made millions. As Georgia continues her search for the truth, that inequality becomes a key to a sophisticated murder scheme no one could have imagined.

With Hit Time, Yolanda Joe gives readers a compelling slice of history and a view of life and music in a great American city.

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