Nothing is what it seems in New Orleans, but this murder was one for the books . . . two books to be exact; a missing set of William Blake rarities-and street-smart detective Neal Rafferty has been hired to find them. Instead, what he finds is the...
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Nothing is what it seems in New Orleans, but this murder was one for the books . . . two books to be exact; a missing set of William Blake rarities-and street-smart detective Neal Rafferty has been hired to find them. Instead, what he finds is the body of a rare book dealer and a growing list of females-each with a pretty good reason to do him in. There's his all too ready to confess wife, his unhappy, illegitimate daughter, and the beautiful, sensual Catherine-a woman who's a lot easier to love than she is to believe. What does a tough private eye do when he finds himself falling for the prim
Cover; Title Page; Contents; 1. Fathers and Sons; 2. The Luck of the Irish-I Play Pool and Get a Case; 3. One for the Books; 4. The Question of Class; 5. A Different Kind of Luck; 6. Hands Off; 7. A Liar Will Steal, a Thief Will Murder; 8. Rafferty on Location; 9. Family Connections; 10. My Son, My Son; 11. Old Friends Getting Together; 12. The Man with the Mallet; 13. Gumshoeing; 14. Chase Manhattan Jones; 15. More About Fathers and Sons; 16. What Was Stanley Garber Thinking?; 17. Still on My Case; 18. Another Try with the Old Man; 19. William Blake Finds a Good Home
20. Somebody Don''t Like Me21. Lucy; 22. I Want to See Catherine; 23. We Have Dinner; 24. After Dinner; 25. The Scam; 26. A Bourbon Drinker; 27. What Murphy Said; 28. Getting Warm; 29. The Milton McDermotts; 30. The Dead Aunt; 31. The Bartender; 32. Lights Out; 33. One Way to Convince Louie; 34. How to Take a Life; 35. Deathbed Wish; 36. Epilogue; Copyright
