New Orleans Mourning: A Gripping Police Procedural Thriller Contributor(s): Smith, Julie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0999813145 ISBN-13: 9780999813140 Publisher: Booksbnimble OUR PRICE: $13.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural |
Dewey: FIC |
Series: Skip Langdon Murder Mystery |
Physical Information: 0.99" H x 5" W x 8" (1.06 lbs) 446 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - Gulf Coast - Cultural Region - South - Geographic Orientation - Louisiana - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Winner of the 1991 Edgar Allan Poe Award for best novel and the first mystery in the highly acclaimed Skip Langdon series, New Orleans Mourning falls deliciously between the psychological suspense of Laura Lippman and the delicate drama of Tennessee Williams. It's Mardi Gras in New Orleans, and civic leader and socialite Chauncey St. Amant has been crowned Rex, King of Carnival. But his day of glory comes to an abrupt and bloody end when a parade-goer dressed as Dolly Parton guns him down. Is the killer his aimless, promiscuous daughter Marcelle? Homosexual, mistreated son Henry? Helpless, alcoholic wife Bitty? Or some unknown player? Turns out the king had enemies... |