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Scotty Bradley #5
Who Dat Whodunnit
A Scotty Bradley Mystery
The Saints’ victory in the Super Bowl just prior to the start of Carnival season has everyone in New Orleans floating on Cloud Nine. But for Scotty Bradley, Carnival looks like it’s going to be grim yet again when his estranged cousin Jared—who plays for the Saints—becomes the number one suspect in the murder of his girlfriend, dethroned former Miss Louisiana Tara Bourgeouis. Scotty’s not entirely convinced his cousin isn’t the killer, but when he starts digging around into the homophobic beauty queen’s sordid life, he finds that any number of people wanted her dead. With the help of his friends and family, he plunges deeper and deeper into Tara’s tawdry world of sex tapes, fundamentalist fascists, and mind-boggling secrets—secrets some are willing to kill to keep!
The Saints’ victory in the Super Bowl just prior to the start of Carnival season has everyone in New Orleans floating on Cloud Nine. But for Scotty Bradley, Carnival looks like it’s going to be grim yet again when his estranged cousin Jared—who plays for the Saints—becomes the number one suspect in the murder of his girlfriend, dethroned former Miss Louisiana Tara Bourgeouis. Scotty’s not entirely convinced his cousin isn’t the killer, but when he starts digging around into the homophobic beauty queen’s sordid life, he finds that any number of people wanted her dead. With the help of his friends and family, he plunges deeper and deeper into Tara’s tawdry world of sex tapes, fundamentalist fascists, and mind-boggling secrets—secrets some are willing to kill to keep!
288 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 2011
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Greg Herren
80 books150 followersGreg Herren is a New Orleans-based author and editor. Former editor of Lambda Book Report, he is also a co-founder of the Saints and Sinners Literary Festival, which takes place in New Orleans every May. He is the author of ten novels, including the Lambda Literary Award winning Murder in the Rue Chartres, called by the New Orleans Times-Picayune “the most honest depiction of life in post-Katrina New Orleans published thus far.” He co-edited Love, Bourbon Street: Reflections on New Orleans, which also won the Lambda Literary Award. He has published over fifty short stories in markets as varied as Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine to the critically acclaimed anthology New Orleans Noir to various websites, literary magazines, and anthologies. His erotica anthology FRATSEX is the all time best selling title for Insightoutbooks. Under his pseudonym Todd Gregory, he published the bestselling erotic novel Every Frat Boy Wants It and the erotic anthologies His Underwear and Rough Trade (to be released by Bold Strokes Books in 2009).
A long-time resident of New Orleans, Greg was a fitness columnist and book reviewer for Window Media for over four years, publishing in the LGBT newspapers IMPACT News, Southern Voice, and Houston Voice. He served a term on the Board of Directors for the National Stonewall Democrats, and served on the founding committee of the Louisiana Stonewall Democrats. He is currently employed as a public health researcher for the NO/AIDS Task Force.
A long-time resident of New Orleans, Greg was a fitness columnist and book reviewer for Window Media for over four years, publishing in the LGBT newspapers IMPACT News, Southern Voice, and Houston Voice. He served a term on the Board of Directors for the National Stonewall Democrats, and served on the founding committee of the Louisiana Stonewall Democrats. He is currently employed as a public health researcher for the NO/AIDS Task Force.
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September 23, 2016
I enjoyed this but not as much as the other books in the series. I think the murderer was a bit too obvious. The mad/bad church trope is a really common one so that when you encounter it in a mystery you can easily figure out where the story is going.
I felt as if I didn't get enough of Scotty in this story although I did enjoy the reappearance of the lesbian Ninja's.
This is still a fun series to read and I shall be continuing with the series.
I felt as if I didn't get enough of Scotty in this story although I did enjoy the reappearance of the lesbian Ninja's.
This is still a fun series to read and I shall be continuing with the series.
July 7, 2011
2.5 stars. Pretty good gay mystery with a dash of the paranormal - this one manages to combine the New Orleans Saints winning the Super Bowl with a homophobic megachurch... It got a bit preachy at times. And a Prius turned into a Jag between chapters! Whoops...
June 22, 2011
Greg's mysteries are almost always fun to read. This one brings the series back to form after a disappointing Vieux Carre Voodoo. There are some continuity errors: a Prius turns into a Jaguar and back into a Prius in a matter of pages and Aunt Enid suddenly is referred to as Tara. These niggling issues are not enough to take you out of the story, but they definitely are annoyances. It is nice to go back and spend some time with Scotty, Frank, Colin, and the Bradley family and others we have come to know. I also appreciate that Greg is letting his characters age. Scotty definitely is more mature as the books progress.
June 2, 2011
Another fun Scotty Bradley mystery by Greg Herren. Sure, it may have a few similarities to previous Scotty Bradley mysteries, but IF there is a formula, it is one that work. I really enjoy these novels - they are fun to read, keep me guessing and sometimes quite hot!
April 5, 2022
Scotty Bradley and his two boyfriends work together to solve mysteries in New Orleans. This time, they have to investigate a murder that takes place "close to home". In fact, Scotty's mother looks like she may be a person of interest to start. But then there are twists and new suspects as time goes by.
The Bradley family is fractured with Scotty's grandfather being a real hard man, his grandmother an alcoholic, and the rest of the bigger family pretty much splintered. Scotty's immediate family is fun-loving and just loving in general but they are an island in a sea of dysfunction.
The story starts out with a party, and a misplaced gun and includes two murders with others attempted. There is a homophobic church with a snake oil preacher involved and at least three women who are not what they seem involved in this mystery.
It was a truly absording story, not least of all because it is set in New Orleans which I call home.
The Bradley family is fractured with Scotty's grandfather being a real hard man, his grandmother an alcoholic, and the rest of the bigger family pretty much splintered. Scotty's immediate family is fun-loving and just loving in general but they are an island in a sea of dysfunction.
The story starts out with a party, and a misplaced gun and includes two murders with others attempted. There is a homophobic church with a snake oil preacher involved and at least three women who are not what they seem involved in this mystery.
It was a truly absording story, not least of all because it is set in New Orleans which I call home.
July 21, 2025
kind of stupid as hell, I would have liked it better if it was like 50 pages less - that's when my patience ran thin.
pandering to an audience that will never even realize it exists, Greg probably should have done a bit more focusing on football and murder and less on preaching that homophobic megachurches are bad.. like we been knew.
loved the trip to Chilis in the third act I guess
pandering to an audience that will never even realize it exists, Greg probably should have done a bit more focusing on football and murder and less on preaching that homophobic megachurches are bad.. like we been knew.
loved the trip to Chilis in the third act I guess
August 7, 2025
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While it's a good yarn, and very engaging, I can't help but notice most of the series is set up like Murder, She Wrote, where we get introduced to a family member or family friend who either gets murdered or becomes the prime suspect.
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While it's a good yarn, and very engaging, I can't help but notice most of the series is set up like Murder, She Wrote, where we get introduced to a family member or family friend who either gets murdered or becomes the prime suspect.
March 30, 2021
Pretty good but not near as good as the previous books. There was too much Bradley drama for me.
July 9, 2024
Even if you've not read the first books in the series, the author gives you enough background immediately so that you're up to speed. A nice sequel and murder mystery.
April 24, 2021
This was a great book, lots of action and suspense. Greg Herren is a really great author and really satisfies my curiosity about New Orleans.
January 23, 2025
DNF at first, but decided to give it snother chance... even worse than I had remembered. Does the whole of New Orleans consist of a few dozen people who not only k own each other but are secretly related to each other?
July 30, 2011
another Scotty Bradley mystery, always a great adventure.
March 19, 2014
Very good book that fits in with rest of the series.
August 4, 2011
Another great mystery from Greg Herren!
March 2, 2012
This might very well be Herren's best yet. I LOVED this mystery.
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