A Diamond Before You Die
Reeks: The Neal Rafferty New Orleans Mysteries
Chris Wiltz
- A
- “likable,
- savvy
- New
- Orleans
- private
- eye”
- deals
- with
- marriage,
- murder,
- and
- Mardi
- Gras
- in
- this
- mystery
- by
- the
- author
- of
- The
- Last
- Madam
- (Publishers
- Weekly).Richard
- Cotton,
- aspiring
- to
- become
- district
- attorney,
- has
- hired
- private
- detective
- Neal
- Rafferty
- to
- keep
- tabs
- on
- his
- wife—who,
- in
- turn,
- has
- hired
- someone
- else
- to
- keep
- tabs
- on
- him.It’s
- almost
- Mardi
- Gras
- in
- 1980s
- New
- Orleans,
- and
- when
- the
- masks
- go
- on
- they
- hide
- a
- multitude
- of
- sins—like
- bribery,
- corruption,
- and
- drug-running,
- not
- to
- mention
- Richard
- Cotton’s
- own
- particular
- secret.
- And
- once
- bodies
- start
- showing
- up,
- Rafferty
- realizes
- that
- adultery
- is
- far
- from
- the
- only
- scandal.
- In
- this
- town,
- all
- things
- eventually
- settle
- into
- the
- Mississippi
- River
- mud.
- It’s
- just
- a
- question
- of
- what
- stays
- buried
- .
- .
- .“Wiltz
- bring
- a
- refreshing
- individual
- outlook
- to
- the
- formula
- of
- hard-boiled
- detective
- fiction.”
- —The
- Washington
- Post
- Book World
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