Easy Deeds
(2026)(The first book in the Coastal Crime Unit: New Orleans series)
A novel by Mark Stone
In New Orleans, things aren't as Easy as they seem!
Harry Lancer knows how to steal a house.
He used to be very good at it.
These days, the former con man uses those same skills to help the Coastal Crime Unit protect people from criminals who prey on the vulnerable. Harry has finally built a life he doesn't have to fake.
Then Alma Baptiste walks into Madame La Rue's asking for Henry LeClair.
Harry knows the name.
It was one of his old aliases—and it has just appeared on a series of fraudulent deeds being used to steal New Orleans homes.
Before Harry can find out who resurrected his past, Alma is kidnapped. A retired notary who helped uncover the scheme is murdered. And suddenly Harry's greatest liability isn't the criminals he's chasing.
It's himself.
Senior Special Investigator Renee Delacroix arrives to determine whether Harry has truly changed or simply found a better way to run a con. NOPD detective Nia Baptiste joins the hunt for Alma, the woman who raised her.
The trail leads to stolen property, forged documents, powerful connections—and a respected organization hiding a criminal operation behind its good intentions.
To save Alma, Harry may have to become Henry LeClair one last time.
But this time, he's not running a con to take something.
He's running it to bring someone home.
Check out book 1 in the Coastal Crime Unit: New Orleans series today!
Genre: Thriller
Harry Lancer knows how to steal a house.
He used to be very good at it.
These days, the former con man uses those same skills to help the Coastal Crime Unit protect people from criminals who prey on the vulnerable. Harry has finally built a life he doesn't have to fake.
Then Alma Baptiste walks into Madame La Rue's asking for Henry LeClair.
Harry knows the name.
It was one of his old aliases—and it has just appeared on a series of fraudulent deeds being used to steal New Orleans homes.
Before Harry can find out who resurrected his past, Alma is kidnapped. A retired notary who helped uncover the scheme is murdered. And suddenly Harry's greatest liability isn't the criminals he's chasing.
It's himself.
Senior Special Investigator Renee Delacroix arrives to determine whether Harry has truly changed or simply found a better way to run a con. NOPD detective Nia Baptiste joins the hunt for Alma, the woman who raised her.
The trail leads to stolen property, forged documents, powerful connections—and a respected organization hiding a criminal operation behind its good intentions.
To save Alma, Harry may have to become Henry LeClair one last time.
But this time, he's not running a con to take something.
He's running it to bring someone home.
Check out book 1 in the Coastal Crime Unit: New Orleans series today!
Genre: Thriller