Big Easy Backroad (St. Martin's Minotaur Mysteries) Book

In the sizzling tradition of James Lee Burke and Lawrence Block, author Martin Hegwood brings Dixie grit and flavor to a novel of a Florida Gulf mob murder that twists faster than a back swamp road. After drowning in a barmaid's sea-green eyes, P.I. Jack Delmas agrees to track down her missing pal-only to find him murdered, voodoo-style. Delmas suspects druglord Andr Mouton, the Undertaker, who rules New Orlean's underworld. But when a second murder rocks the city, Delmas is the chief suspect-and the NOPD has an ironclad case against him. Trapped in a web of corruption and secrets, Delmas has one chance to clear his name-and maybe save his hide. BIG EASY BACKROAD throbs with the tension of a first-rate thriller, spiced by the unique cadence and colors of country's most mesmerizing city.AUTHORBIO: MARTIN HEGWOOD is a former assistant district attorney and is currently the senior attorney for the Secretary of State's office in Mississippi.This is his first novel.Read More