The Devil's Muse: A Maureen Coughlin Novel (Maureen Coughlin Series #5)
Mysteries and crime stories, Police procedural fiction, Women sleuths, Suspense and thrillers
Synthetic audio, Automated braille
Summary
A Southern Indie Bookseller Alliance 2017 Summer OKRA pick One of Kirkus Review s 11 Thrillers That Will Keep You Awake This Summer Watch the trailer for The Devil s Muse… here https vimeo com 224000865 In the thrilling fifth book in the critically acclaimed series that s edgy dangerous but pulsing with life Bill Ott Booklist a Mardi Gras parade turns deadly It s Mardi Gras in New Orleans and rookie cop Maureen Coughlin has no idea what she s in for Her night working the parades begins calmly enough until a half-naked man careens through the crowd and throws himself onto the hood of an oncoming SUV As she tries to deal with the incident amid the pulsing chaos of the parade Maureen hears gunshots Moments later with three wounded and a handful of drunken witnesses Maureen has a full-fledged investigation on her hands Who was the shooter Who was he after Who s the next target City bigwigs begin pressuring Maureen and her crew for quick answers And with an amateur camera crew intent on capturing the real Mardi Gras for their YouTube channel an incompetent supervising detective and tense race relations in a city more likely to mistrust cops than ever it s going to be a very long night and a memorable first Mardi Gras for Maureen With The Devil s Muse the acclaimed crime writer Bill Loehfelm conjures rowdy New Orleans in all its mess and marvel and sends Maureen deep into the city on another wild high-octane adventure