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Nola Blues
Calina grew up in small-town Louisiana, bouncing through foster homes and clinging to one belief: getting into a top university would finally give her the life she had always dreamed of.
But the moment she arrives at Tulane, she is swept into a world of privilege, parties, and people who have no idea what it cost her to get there. When the late nights catch up with her and her grades crash, Calina loses the scholarship holding her new life together.
With nowhere to go, she accepts help from an older student who promises she can make ‘bank’ fast. Calina takes a job at a Bourbon Street nightclub expecting quick cash—and instead steps into a hidden world pulsing beneath the music and Mardi Gras lights.
What begins as a paycheck pulls her deeper into drugs, laundered money, and dangerous people who disappear into the blur of New Orleans nightlife. Worse, Calina begins to realize that the people closest to her may not be who they claim to be.
For a nineteen-year-old who learned long ago that trusting the wrong person can be dangerous, figuring out who is telling the truth may be the difference between finding a way out—and being pulled under for good.
Set against late-1990s New Orleans, Nola Blues is a gritty, fast-moving crime-suspense novel about survival, identity, loyalty, and a young woman discovering just how far her instincts can take her.
But the moment she arrives at Tulane, she is swept into a world of privilege, parties, and people who have no idea what it cost her to get there. When the late nights catch up with her and her grades crash, Calina loses the scholarship holding her new life together.
With nowhere to go, she accepts help from an older student who promises she can make ‘bank’ fast. Calina takes a job at a Bourbon Street nightclub expecting quick cash—and instead steps into a hidden world pulsing beneath the music and Mardi Gras lights.
What begins as a paycheck pulls her deeper into drugs, laundered money, and dangerous people who disappear into the blur of New Orleans nightlife. Worse, Calina begins to realize that the people closest to her may not be who they claim to be.
For a nineteen-year-old who learned long ago that trusting the wrong person can be dangerous, figuring out who is telling the truth may be the difference between finding a way out—and being pulled under for good.
Set against late-1990s New Orleans, Nola Blues is a gritty, fast-moving crime-suspense novel about survival, identity, loyalty, and a young woman discovering just how far her instincts can take her.
295 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 17, 2016
About the author
Cara M. King
1 book3 followersCara K. Richardson originally published "Nola Blues" under the name Cara M. King.
A graduate of Tulane University with a degree in Management and a minor in Film Studies, she later earned a master's degree in Television Production from Boston University. She went on to work in Los Angeles on the acclaimed television drama, "The West Wing."
Her writing has also received industry recognition. In 2009, she was named a finalist in the Slamdance TV Writing Contest for "Crescent City," an original drama inspired by Nola Blues.
Cara later returned to graduate school and earned a master's degree in Occupational Therapy, building a career focused on helping others while continuing her creative work as a writer.
She lives in Virginia Beach, Virginia, with her family and continues to write fiction, memoir, and works focused on health and personal experience.
A graduate of Tulane University with a degree in Management and a minor in Film Studies, she later earned a master's degree in Television Production from Boston University. She went on to work in Los Angeles on the acclaimed television drama, "The West Wing."
Her writing has also received industry recognition. In 2009, she was named a finalist in the Slamdance TV Writing Contest for "Crescent City," an original drama inspired by Nola Blues.
Cara later returned to graduate school and earned a master's degree in Occupational Therapy, building a career focused on helping others while continuing her creative work as a writer.
She lives in Virginia Beach, Virginia, with her family and continues to write fiction, memoir, and works focused on health and personal experience.
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