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Book Review of Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead (Claire DeWitt, Bk 1)

Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead (Claire DeWitt, Bk 1)
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Set in New Orleans in the aftermath of Katrina, this mystery explores its dark streets and allies as Claire searches for a killer. Where is the respect DA who disappeared during rescue efforts. If he was murdered who did it and why? Poking into recess after recess she wavers between the man who hired her to the street boy/man the clues seem to identify. While returning to this city has been difficult because her mentor was killed in a senseless manner as she dined in a favorite restaurant, all that Claire was taught guides her efforts to identify an unlikely killer. Immersed in the bawdy drug-filled atmosphere of the city, she must ferret out the truth. Yes, I determined who the killer must be but not why until the author unveiled it all. It seems that the DA was not all that he seemed.