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Summary: Murder and music in the Big Easy
Review: Julie Smith in Jazz Funeral presents a Homicide Detective, Skip Langdon who is big beautiful and brash. She also presents a wide array of intriguing suspects in the death of Jazz Festival promoter, Ham Brocoto. The deceased himself turns out to be an interesting study for Skip as she uncovers his true personality, you may wonder why any one would want to kill him. His sister, Melody has run away and is looking for love in all the wrong places. She is a very sympathetic character and you find yourself hoping that she doesn't self destruct along the way. This is a good mystery with lots of intricate plots and sub-plots. I was guessing until the end. I loved the atmosphere and the character and the story of their lives.
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Summary: Murder and music in the Big Easy
Review: Julie Smith in Jazz Funeral presents a Homicide Detective, Skip Langdon who is big beautiful and brash. She also presents a wide array of intriguing suspects in the death of Jazz Festival promoter, Ham Brocoto. The deceased himself turns out to be an interesting study for Skip as she uncovers his true personality, you may wonder why any one would want to kill him. His sister, Melody has run away and is looking for love in all the wrong places. She is a very sympathetic character and you find yourself hoping that she doesn't self destruct along the way. This is a good mystery with lots of intricate plots and sub-plots. I was guessing until the end. I loved the atmosphere and the character and the story of their lives.
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Summary: Jazz Fest Mystery
Review: Sometimes mystery writers forget everything but the mystery in their books; you get one-dimensional characters and shallow writing. Not this book. The characters are interesting and complex enough to allow you to follow their journey eagerly from start to finish. New Orleans becomes a 'character' in itself as Melanie travels from suburbia to homelessness to Jazzfest. Her transformation from Melanie to Rwanda Zaire strains credibility, but that's the only quibble I have about this book. Check it out, says the librarian!
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Summary: Quirk characters in a quirky town.
Review: Sometimes mystery writers forget everything but the mystery in their books; you get one-dimensional characters and shallow writing. Not this book. The characters are interesting and complex enough to allow you to follow their journey eagerly from start to finish. New Orleans becomes a 'character' in itself as Melanie travels from suburbia to homelessness to Jazzfest. Her transformation from Melanie to Rwanda Zaire strains credibility, but that's the only quibble I have about this book. Check it out, says the librarian!
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Summary: Jazz Fest Mystery
Review: This was a diverting read mainly for the colorful descriptions of The Big Easy and the central characters. The mystery was acceptable but the ending felt tacked on and was less than gratifying. Still, her central character, female police officer Skip Langdon is interesting and complex enough to want to ride shotgun with as she progresses through the story. The problem for anyone who likes to read about Southern Louisiana and the New Orleans area, is that James Lee Burke owns this territory and so far nobody else has measured up to his skill at describing it.
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