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During a writer’s conference in New Orleans, Jessica Fletcher stays an extra week to enjoy the city’s culinary delights, vibrant music scene, and the annual Jazz Festival. When arts critic Wayne Copely vanishes while hunting legendary jazz recordings, he is found dead beside the grave of an old voodoo queen. The police dismiss the scene as an accidental death, but Fletcher’s instincts demand she uncover the truth. With the city’s music, myth, and mystery swirling around her, Fletcher tackles corruption and murder in a town where danger can hit as abruptly as a trumpet’s solo.
First publish date: 2001
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Cozy Mystery
Authors: Donald Bain
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