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"ONE OF THE BEST OF THE SKIP LANGDON SERIES. . . In the fast-growing field of fictional female police officers, New Orleans Homicide Detective Skip Langdon stands tall."
--St. Louis Post-Dispatch
After prominent New Orleans restaurateur Arthur Hebert is murdered in his beautiful Garden District home, three family members suspiciously vanish: Hebert's daughter, who was soon to have taken over the management of his restaurant, his ex-addict son-in-law, and his small granddaughter--all missing without a trace. A kidnapping gone wrong? Homicide Detective Skip Langdon thinks it's possible, but why should the kidnappers have taken three hostages when one would have been enough?
Skip's hunt for a murderer and the missing Hebert heirs embraces worlds within worlds--the elegant, dangerous Garden District, the French Quarter, the seedy Treme, broken-down projects, exclusive mansions, and lowdown bars. It takes her into places where the city's dirty business is transacted, and those where life is mostly madness, sadness, and badness. It may even take Skip to her death. . . .
"SMITH BRINGS THE CITY STRIKINGLY ALIVE."
--The Boston Sunday Globe
--St. Louis Post-Dispatch
After prominent New Orleans restaurateur Arthur Hebert is murdered in his beautiful Garden District home, three family members suspiciously vanish: Hebert's daughter, who was soon to have taken over the management of his restaurant, his ex-addict son-in-law, and his small granddaughter--all missing without a trace. A kidnapping gone wrong? Homicide Detective Skip Langdon thinks it's possible, but why should the kidnappers have taken three hostages when one would have been enough?
Skip's hunt for a murderer and the missing Hebert heirs embraces worlds within worlds--the elegant, dangerous Garden District, the French Quarter, the seedy Treme, broken-down projects, exclusive mansions, and lowdown bars. It takes her into places where the city's dirty business is transacted, and those where life is mostly madness, sadness, and badness. It may even take Skip to her death. . . .
"SMITH BRINGS THE CITY STRIKINGLY ALIVE."
--The Boston Sunday Globe
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Review:
New Orleans serves as a backdrop for Smith’s probe of a violent city’s dual charm. Here Detective Skip Langdon is assigned to the murder of a famous restaurateur and the disappearance of his heirs: a convoluted plot emerges which leads Langdon on the investigation of his life, revealing all the undercurrents of New Orleans’ darker side. House of Blues is a tightly crafted, page-gripping read and one of the best of the season. Grave Doubt Michael Allegretto Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0186-2 $19. -- Midwest Book Review
From Library Journal:
From the Edgar Award-winning author of New Orleans Beat (LJ 6/1/94) comes another installment in her mystery series featuring bayou homicide detective Skip Langdon. This time, a famed restaurateur has been knocked off, and Langdon must go hunting not only for the murderer but for some missing heirs.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherRandom House Value Publishing
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0517175517
- ISBN 13 9780517175514
- BindingMass Market Paperback
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