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October 6, 1927 -- On a quiet afternoon in Eden Park, Cincinnati, Imogene, a beautiful society lady, is shot and killed by her husband, the notorious bootlegger George Remus. After wandering off into the park, Remus hitches a ride to the police station, where he turns himself in.
Shocked and fascinated by this horrible murder, the country gears up for a sensational trial pitting the man known as "the king of bootleggers" against Chief Prosecutor Charlie Taft, the youngest son of the former president. The trial raises many questions -- What happend to Remus's fortune, which disappeared while he was imprisoned for bootlegging? Did Imogene, the blue-blooded beauty once known as the Jazz Bird, struggle to free him, or set him up? How did the federal agent who pursued Remus became desperatel entangled with the Jazz Bird, embroiling himself and Remus in a complicated love triangle with deadly results?
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