WARNING: No good comesfrom a book with magic, mayhem, theft, murder, sass talk, demons, animalscommitting felonies, gleeful revenge, and bad things happening to good peoplefor no particular reason. This story won’t encourage good habits and probablyfine tune bad ones. The only lesson learned is don’t lie until you know therules.

Life in New Jerseyis tough in the Great Depression, but teenager Peter Whistler has anexceptional ability to lie. He hones his talent, convinced it’s the ticket to easyfortune. He certainly doesn’t foresee the arrival of a murderous conjuror withmysterious designs on a little blind girl named Esther. Drawn into a nefariousplot to unleash a demon, Peter leads Esther and an enchanted terrier on a desperateescape to New Orleans and meets Amelie Marchand. Like all well-bred Louisianagals she’s trained in deadly martial arts, but with a murderous stepmother,Amelie has troubles of her own. Peter and Amelie’s one chance for survival is tohead deep into the bayou and seek help from a mad shaman known as the Frog King.

Welcome to analternate 1930s where both jazz and magic fill New Orleans’ air. Can a littleluck, mystical lies, and a dash of Cajun crazy help Peter harness the power tokill an immortal demon? If not, the Depression will be a picnic by comparisonwhen Hell arrives on Earth.

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