Hurricanes in Exile
Claude Brickell, 2014
Bricbooks
145 pp.
ISBN-13: 9781312009660 (Kindle)
Summary
Murder, mystery and mayhem in madcap New Orleans!
When ex-Marine Tobias Cochran arrives in New Orleans after his discharge, he right away lands a gig as server at the St. Charles Avenue Mansion.This popular wedding venue holds a host of wacky characters the likes of which Toby has never seen. And just when he is getting use to the frenetic pace of things, a pretty female bartender he has taken a liking to is suddenly murdered. Toby can't believe what has happened, and as the detective assigned to the case is turning up no leads, Toby is determined to track down and expose the culprit of this cruel and senseless act himself.
This leads him to various alternative locales each offering a variety of clues that soon point to one suspect in particular. The trail, though, takes an unexpected turn when Toby discovers a vampire-like cult the supposed culprit hangs out with. Despite the horrors of this, Toby is driven to solve the crime no matter what even if it means getting in with this sinister group himself. He is convinced by doing so, the identity of the real murderer will at last be revealed. All this with an impending hurricane heading directly for the Louisiana shore.
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