HELL OR HIGH WATER

Nola Céspedes Mysteries:
HELL OR HIGH WATER (2012) - NEARER HOME (2013)

HELL OR HIGH WATER: Nola Céspedes, an ambitious young reporter at the Times-Picayune, finally catches a break: an assignment to write her first full-length feature. While investigating her story, she also becomes fixated on the search for a missing tourist in the French Quarter. As Nola's work leads her into a violent criminal underworld, she's forced to face disturbing truths from her own past and is confronted with the question: In the aftermath of devastation, who is responsible for rebuilding what's been broken?
Vividly rendered in razor-sharp prose, this haunting thriller is a riveting journey of trust betrayed?and the courageous struggle to rebuild. Fast-paced, atmospheric, and with a knockout twist, Hell or High Water features an unforgettable heroine as fascinating and multilayered as New Orleans itself.

TOEDLICHER SUMPF
Deutsch von Susanne Wallbaum
[PB: dtv, 07/13]