Grant Butler Livres

By popular demand, we present the sequel to Mardi Gras Murder. Mardi Gras Mysteries offers seventeen tales of crime, mayhem, and murder set during the celebration and licentiousness of Carnival.For a savory sample of New Orleans lore, take a sip of "A Prayer to Momus" by DJ Tyrer or "Carnival Carnage" by John Kiste. For a dish of redemption and revenge, returning author and Louisiana native Nathan Pettigrew serves up "The Steel Pelican." Is a mystery with a literary flavor more to your taste? Try "The Brass Menagerie" by DG Critchley. If you prefer a racier seasoning, there's "Unholy Beads" and "Gussy Saint and the Case of the Three-Boobed Woman." For the deepest bowl of intrigue, we end with "Keep Your Head Up," a thriller by Tom Andes.

Shortly after breaking up with his unfaithful girlfriend Allison, college professor Vince O'Malley gets a call about a break-in at his house, and whoever was there left a disturbing calling card. Police immediately suspect Allison, who has completely lost her mind and is eventually found and committed to a mental hospital. But when Allison turns up dead from a drug overdose, and other strange coincidences begin happening, Vince begins to wonder what he really knows for sure about his ex-girlfriend. Why did she lose her mind? Why was her apartment trashed so badly? And why was she so obsessed with a ratty old stuffed bear? Along with Chloe Vale, an old friend of Allison's from their school days, the two begin to learn more about Allison's strange background and twisted family. Eventually, the two set out to find the truth about Allison's death, her personal history, her mysterious and rich mother, and the strange disappearance of her father.