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The Wrong Side of Revelry: A Novel of Mystery, Murder, and Mardi Gras
The Queen of the Rex Ball at New Orleans’ raucous and world-famous Mardi Gras—beautiful, vibrant, and dressed in an ivory silk lamé gown with chevrons and gold beading—collapses and dies. Was foul play involved?
Jenna Depreaux, a maiden in the Queen’s court, is rich, popular, and jealous. By any measure —birth, social standing, looks—she should have been selected queen. Or so she believes. Is there blood on her hands?
Detective Decker O’Day is on the case. A tough kid from the Irish Channel, he is the son of a cop who was beaten to death on the job and a mother who lost her way to alcohol and promiscuity. He teams up with Detective Gail Waites. She carries her own a Black woman and a lesbian, her daughter is found dead under mysterious circumstances—nude and drugged, and dumped outside University Hospital.
Two gunmen kill fifty-three souls at a Jewish Synagogue in town. A popular anchor at the local TV news station disappears without a trace. A woman is killed when an unidentified pair drops a cinderblock from an overpass, smashing the windshield of her car.
As the bodies pile up, as New Orleans society closes ranks, O’Day and Waites must avoid attempts on their own lives and puzzle together the disparate crimes. Are the events connected? Conflicts arise and tempers flare in this taught and picaresque psychological thriller.
Jenna Depreaux, a maiden in the Queen’s court, is rich, popular, and jealous. By any measure —birth, social standing, looks—she should have been selected queen. Or so she believes. Is there blood on her hands?
Detective Decker O’Day is on the case. A tough kid from the Irish Channel, he is the son of a cop who was beaten to death on the job and a mother who lost her way to alcohol and promiscuity. He teams up with Detective Gail Waites. She carries her own a Black woman and a lesbian, her daughter is found dead under mysterious circumstances—nude and drugged, and dumped outside University Hospital.
Two gunmen kill fifty-three souls at a Jewish Synagogue in town. A popular anchor at the local TV news station disappears without a trace. A woman is killed when an unidentified pair drops a cinderblock from an overpass, smashing the windshield of her car.
As the bodies pile up, as New Orleans society closes ranks, O’Day and Waites must avoid attempts on their own lives and puzzle together the disparate crimes. Are the events connected? Conflicts arise and tempers flare in this taught and picaresque psychological thriller.
238 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 1, 2024
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The Wrong Side of Revelry: A Novel of Mystery, Murder, and Mardi Gras
Raymond Weinshenker
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Reviewed in the United States on February 29, 2024
I read this book in 4 hours. It was riveting. The character development lead me to cheer for the good guys, and want the worst for the bad ones. I cried too. You will never guess the ending. EVER! Do not put it away until you read the Epilogue.
Jeff, really did an amazing job. I loved reading this 10x more than Where the Crawdads Sing, and I loved that book. What else? Oh, you can thank me later!
January 10, 2024
For men and women, this book will take you on a tour of New Orleans that you have not seen. Taut, psycholgoical thriller that will keep you turning pages. There are many twists, and you will not see the end coming. If you like crime fiction, real characters and an exciting read, you will enjoy this book.
January 10, 2024
WOW! The plot twists and unexpected turns will have you speed reading to get to the next page! The complex characters will leave an ingrained imprint on your psyche. Suspense, mystery and enigma....this book has it all! And just in time for Mardi Gras season! Laissez les bons temps rouler!
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