CHASING THE DEVIL'S TAIL In this novel of New Orleans,
you can almost smell the bourbon and opium mixed with earthy scents of
river mud and street ordure, and hear the searing notes that heralded
the arrival of jazz. It is all here in this book - the fancy whorehouses
of Storyville, seedy cribs and tenements, jazz, crooked politics, voodoo
and the unique mixture of races, creeds, and classes that was New Orleans
at that time. Private detective Valentin St Cyr is stalking a killer whose
targets are whores and whose trademark is a black rose. Trouble is, the
prime suspect is his best friend Buddy "King" Bolden, the inventor
of jazz, who seems to be losing his mind. Everything points to Buddy and
an arrest needs to be made but St Cyr is convinced that the answer lies
elsewhere. Meanwhile the body count is steadily mounting, and even St
Cyr's girlfriend is at risk. |
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