Follow three strangers on their journeys to Hollywood’s famed Mansfield Supper Club…and witness the one fateful night when their worlds collide. Louisiana, 1927. A brutal destiny sweeps seventeen-year-old Francie Roubideaux from the Louisiana bayou to the iron rule of Miss Claire in New Orleans. With her freedom stolen, Francie survives using her daddy’s wits and mama’s grace. But fickle fortune isn’t done with her yet, and soon the siren song of the Mansfield begs to be answered. Illinois, 1937. Rose Donovan’s dreary small-town life takes a turn when a New York City music man whisks her away to Hollywood. All she wants is a happy marriage and family, but darkness descends on the Mansfield, and soon she’s torn between addictive passion and another man’s arms…and more than Rose’s heart is on the line. Georgia, 1936. A rising star on the Atlanta legal circuit, Beau Hartwell is the envy of every lawyer in the city…until his past desperately comes to call. Big-city Beau takes on backwoods justice, but the critical case might break more than his career. When evil strikes on the night of the glamorous Mansfield Gala, will he rise to the challenge when he’s needed most? The Road to the Mansfield is the first book of the Express Investigations series and tells the stories of destiny that forged a Hollywood legend, a singing sensation, and a legal superstar in an epic three-part novel.