Lost River — David Fulmer

The next heart-pounding chapter in Fulmer's Storyville
series featuring New Orleans detective Valentin St. Cyr
Autumn 1913. Valentin St. Cyr has been absent from his
Storyville stomping grounds for some months, trying to
make it in the straight detective world and make a go of it with
his longtime love, Justine. But then a man is found dead in a
Storyville brothel.The madam immediately turns to the creole
detective for help.He resists, but when several more bodies
turn up in Storyville, Valentin can't help but come to the
aid of the place--and the people--he tried to leave behind.
Just when he has the case wrapped around his finger, it
turns out Valentin has been played.The police captain thinks
he's meddling and may be guilty of murder.He's on the run,
and Justine has turned her back on him, retaliating with a
handsome young fellow in a very sporty car. But is she being
lured into a trap too?
Taking us back to his acclaimed and much-loved
Storyville series, in Lost River award-winning author David
Fulmer marks a heart-pounding return to the streets of
early-1900s New Orleans.