House of Blues

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"ONE OF THE BEST OF THE SKIP LANGDON SERIES. . . In the fast-growing field of fictional female police officers New Orleans Homicide Detective Skip Langdon stands tall." --St. Louis Post-Dispatch After prominent New Orleans restaurateur Arthur Hebert is murdered in his beautiful Garden District home three family members suspiciously vanish: Heberts daughter who was soon to have taken over the management of his restaurant his ex-addict son-in-law and his small granddaughter--all missing without a trace. A kidnapping gone wrong? Homicide Detective Skip Langdon thinks its possible but why should the kidnappers have taken three hostages when one would have been enough? Skips hunt for a murderer and the missing Hebert heirs embraces worlds within worlds--the elegant dangerous Garden District the French Quarter the seedy Treme broken-down projects exclusive mansions and lowdown bars. It takes her into places where the citys dirty business is transacted and those where life is mostly madness sadness and badness. It may even take Skip to her death. . . . "SMITH BRINGS THE CITY STRIKINGLY ALIVE." --The Boston Sunday Globe