In 1938 New Orleans, nightclub owner Wesley Farrell must discover who murdered his ex-lover, the current girlfriend of a cop falsely accused of murder, and all trails lead to the devastatingly dangerous "Cat-Eyed Woman," whose deadly secrets plunge him into a world of murder and intrigue.
Robert Skinner has degrees in history (Old Dominion University) and library science (Indiana University) and studied creative writing at the University of New Orleans. He’s widely known for his non-fiction writing on the career of African-American novelist Chester Himes and on the American hard-boiled crime story. He makes his home in New Orleans where he’s University Librarian at Xavier University of Louisiana.