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  • Bibliography:
    5 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    July 2012
  • Latest Book:
    January 2023
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Full Series List in Order

A Nola Cespedes Novel

1 - Hell or High Water (Jul-2012)
2 - Nearer Home (Jul-2013)

Book List in Order: 5 titles



  • Nola Céspedes, an ambitious young reporter at the Times-Picayune, finally catches a break: an assignment to write her first full-length feature. While investigating her story, she also becomes fixated on the search for a missing tourist in the Frenc...



  • The irresistible, razor-sharp second book in the post-Katrina New Orleans-set crime series featuring unforgettable and gutsy reporter Nola Céspedes Early one morning, Times-Picayune crime reporter Nola Céspedes goes for her regular run in Audub...



  • Iréne gives the wealthy businessmen what they want, diving headfirst into the filthy river, thinking only of providing for her baby daughter, Marisa, as the men salivate over her soaked body emerging onto the bank. A young boy tries to befriend the ...



  • A woman is forced to face her past in a heartbreaking and triumphant novel of old wounds and family secrets by award-winning author Joy Castro.Isabel Morales is a successful Chicago sculptor hiding a brutal family history—one not even her husba...



  • A nineteenth-century utopia becomes a powder keg of political intrigue and betrayal in an enthralling historical novel—inspired by actual events—by the author of Flight Risk.Key West, 1886. The booming cigar industry makes it the most pro...




Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Joy Castro has published 5 books.

Joy Castro does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, One Brilliant Flame, was published in January 2023.

The first book by Joy Castro, Hell or High Water, was published in July 2012.

Yes. Joy Castro has 1 series.