Summary of this Book... | ||
New Orleans Homicide Detective Skip Langdon is called to investigate a death of a young man who fell from a ladder, but she wasn’t called until several days after the accident. The death only became suspicious after a friend requested the death certificate from the coroner. The victim, thirty one year old Geoff Kavanaugh, was a computer geek who worked in a video store and still lived at home with his mother and stepfather. A major part of Geoff’s life was lived online in a virtual community of some 10,000, called TOWN. Skip finds that Geoff had posted a secret on TOWN that may have gotten him killed. | ||
This type of Book is good for... | ||
mystery lovers who like colorful characters and a easy, fun read. This book had all the flavor of New Orleans and plenty of quirky, but likeable characters. There was even a little witchcraft thrown in. | ||
I especially liked... | ||
following Skip Langdon, the six-foot blonde homicide detective, around New Orleans as she figured out the mysteries of the case and of her own life. And I liked the storyline around the TOWN. | ||
This Book made me feel... | ||
like I’d had a pleasant escape. But I couldn’t help feeling sad knowing New Orleans is still recovering from the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. | ||
The author of this Book... | ||
Julie Smith is a former reporter for the New Orleans Times-Picayune and the San Francisco Chronicle. Her first Skip Langdon novel, New Orleans Mourning, won the 1991 Edgar Award, making her the first woman to win that award since 1956. | ||
I recommend this Book because... | ||
if you like this genre, you should enjoy it. I’ve enjoyed all the Julie Smith’s novels that I’ve read. | ||
Further Comments... | ||
I’ve read some of these books out of order. It doesn’t bother me to do it that way. I still enjoy the characters and their very humanness. | ||
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Created Apr 30, 2007 at 11:23pm •
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