French Market Mayhem - an Early Times New Orleans Murder Mystery coming soon to Amazon.com
Early Times never meant to become a private investigator. He escapes his San Francisco past and its romantic complication by fleeing to New Orleans. James Lee Burke’s Dave Robicheaux would warn Early about taking that drink at Bourbon Street’s Smuggler’s Den. Tony Dunbar’s Tubby Dubonnet would buy the round. Drink it Early does. One “Micky.” Straight up. Fantasia and gin.
Good times roll until a severed head lands on Early’s front porch, leaking on his morning Times-Picayune.
Tarot cards appear in his mailbox. On his kitchen bulletin board. Under a windshield wiper. Neighbor Angélique Rolé leads Early through the mysteries of the occult, serving up lore and ritual with the hush puppies.
Early fights his personal ghosts while finding new ones. A price already on his head he tracks a brutal killer who wields a wicked blade. New Orleans provides the backdrop, the French Quarter lends its color in this 1980s murder mystery.
Following several murders, means, motive, and opportunity all point to out-of-work actresses Bootsie Kittredge and Babs Harrison. Their claims of righteousness and lack of guilt seem fabricated, thanks to a cheerfull announcement made to the patrons
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