The 9th installment of the Kate Ryan Mystery series
An old friend of Hannah’s leaves her a cryptic voice mail and sends one thing to her—a GPS. Then he turns up dead. Her logical next step? Naturally—call Kate Ryan for help. So, Kate, Hannah, and Maggie travel to New Orleans to try to find out what exactly happened to Walt “Doc” Jenkins.
From voodoo to hoodoo, from the swampy bayou to the plush Garden District, join Kate Ryan et al as they invade the Big Easy and retrace Doc’s last days to unravel the convoluted mess he left behind.
Kate Sweeney was the 2007 recipient of the Golden Crown Literary Society award for Debut Author for She Waits, the first in the Kate Ryan Mystery series, which was also nominated for the Lambda Literary Society award for Lesbian Mystery.
The second in the series, A Nice Clean Murder, was nominated the Lambda this year for Lesbian Mystery, and is a nominee for GCLS award in the Mystery category. Her novel Away from the Dawn released in August 2007 is also nominated for the GCLS award for Speculative Fiction. She is also a contributing author for the anthology Wild Nights: (Mostly) True Stories of Women Loving Women, published by Bella Books.
Born in Chicago, Kate resides in Villa Park, Illinois, where she works as an office manager—no glamour here, folks; it pays the bills. Humor is deeply embedded in Kate’s DNA. She sincerely hopes you will see this when you read her novels, short stories, and other works.
Another enjoyable read from Kate Sweeney with Kate, Maggie and Aunt Hannah embroiled in another mystery in New Orleans. This time, they were brought there by the sudden death of Doc Walt, Hannah's old friend. New Orleans, its voodoo culture, and most esp. its food, is portrayed lovingly. If you've read the Kate Ryan books, then you will love the continued evolution of the ladies' relationships.