Characters

Lulu Rose (1883-1927) was the madam of a brothel called The Rose Rooms on West Main Street in Walla Walla, Washington. "My great-great-granddaughter's obsession with me perplexes me."

This investigation marks an exception to Dara's disinterest in history. Music, travel, and writing are what Dara is interested in - people sometimes. This investigation was the inevitable result of Dara's career as a sociologist, her secret desire to be badder,  her do-gooder mother, and her obsessive father.

Trenton runs interference and provides the investigative duo with its charm and muscle. He prepared for this position through his years as a concrete journeyman, a university administrator, and his two favorite jobs: being a postman in Hawaii and serving in the Peace Corps in Tonga.