Author: Julie Smith Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Mystery, Award winners
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ISBNs: 9780804107389 0804107386 |
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It's Mardi Gras in New Orleans, and civic leader and socialite Chauncy 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...Enter resourceful heroine Skip Langdon, a rookie police officer and former debutante turned cynic of the Uptown crowd. Scouring the streets for clues, interviewing revelers and street people with names like Jo Jo, Hinky, and Cookie, and using her white glove contacts, the post-deb rebel cop encounters a tangled web of brooding clues and ancient secrets that could mean danger for her—and doom for the St. Amants.
This book is part of the "Skip Langdon" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "Mean Woman Blues" First published in 2003 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "82 Desire" First published in 1998 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Crescent City Kill" First published in 1997 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "House of Blues" First published in 1995 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "New Orleans Beat" First published in 1994 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Jazz Funeral" First published in 1993 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Axeman's Jazz" First published in 1991 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
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