Detective Zeke Malone witnesses the death of his wife at the hands of a lunatic bomber. Two years later, he still grieves but is rebuilding his life as a P.I....He is hired to follow a wealthy doctor's wife, who is shot dead in cold blood. Outside St. Louis Cathedral. In broad daylight.
While investigating the killing, he discovers a connection between her death and a drug-smuggling operation. Malone is thrust into the shadow side of the French Quarter, a city within the city filled with Jazz music, dark alleys, art smuggling, and the stench of Bourbon Street. A microcosm of noir.
Then his world is flipped upside down when he uncovers secrets of his dead wife's involvement. Once, he thought her death was bad luck—bad gris-gris, as they say in New Orleans—wrong place, wrong time. But something darker and more sinister was afoot. With her reputation on the line, he must follow the clues to find the killers. However, exposing the truth could get Zeke Malone killed.
Genre: Mystery
While investigating the killing, he discovers a connection between her death and a drug-smuggling operation. Malone is thrust into the shadow side of the French Quarter, a city within the city filled with Jazz music, dark alleys, art smuggling, and the stench of Bourbon Street. A microcosm of noir.
Then his world is flipped upside down when he uncovers secrets of his dead wife's involvement. Once, he thought her death was bad luck—bad gris-gris, as they say in New Orleans—wrong place, wrong time. But something darker and more sinister was afoot. With her reputation on the line, he must follow the clues to find the killers. However, exposing the truth could get Zeke Malone killed.
Genre: Mystery
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