If you’ve ever wished you’d been born in time to get the secret password and sneak into a speakeasy; if you love Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing; if you wish you’d seen the Spirit of St Louis take off and head for France, this is your book.

Meet Hero, Prince, Benedict, Beatrice, John and Maggie, six teens in charge of a rundown family speakeasy in upstate New York. Jazz, purloined liquor, dangerous gangs, missed connections, and love.