Weil has painted a 1960s Mad Men–esque portrait of the music industry, in which white men take advantage of talented black musicians, especially young, beautiful, and innocent black women, during that period of gathering racial unrest. Weil deals with a variety of ’60s social issues, including black-white relationships, women’s rights, and white male privilege. It’s an authentic picture of the 1963 turmoil, with reader hooks of murder, young love, and the ’60s music scene.