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by Don Bruns (Editor)
Author and the New Orleans 2025 Bouchercon Chairperson Heather Graham has written a number of New Orleans mysteries and thrillers. Her love for the history, the culture and the undercurrent of the city is palpable. In
Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed
, we've chosen New Orleans-based stories by authors who, like Heather, celebrate the fabric, the flavor and the craziness of this city by the Mississippi. Each story explores a different nuance of The Big Easy, and the reader will come away with an entirely different feeling about this historic river town.
Presenting 24 mesmerizing tales of mystery by Jeff Ayers, Eric Beckstrom, Jayne Belmont, Don Bruns, Reef Farrel Coleman, Larry S. Evans II, Michael Ferreter, Barry Fulton, John Gilstrap, Heather Graham, Kerry Hammond, Smita Harish Jain, Jon Land, Robert Lopresti, D.P. Lyle, Jonathan Maberry, Tim Maleeny, J.M. Redmann, Liese Sherwood-Fabre, Clay Stafford, Kelli Stanley, Charles Todd, Gabriel Valjan, and Joseph S. Walker with a foreword by Ali Karim.
Table of Contents
Ali Karim: Foreword
Eric Beckstrom: Six Cylinder Totem
Jayne Belmont: Shoes
Don Bruns: Saints and Sinners
Reed Farrel Coleman: Green-Eyed Monster
Larry S. Evans II: Far End of Bourbon Street
Michael Ferreter: Sourlands
Barry Fulton: Extraordinary Life and Sudden Demise of Franklin Anderson
John Gilstrap: Pines Village
Heather Graham: Game of Life and Death
Kerry Hammond: For Sammy
Smita Harish Jain: Bitttersweet
Ali Karim: Avid Fan
Jon Land and Jeff Ayers: Don't Be Scared
Rob Lopresti: Unreliable Narrator
D.P. Lyle: Trilogy
Jonathan Maberry: Skinny Old Man on Frenchman Street
Tim Maleeny: Lucky Heart
J. M. Redmann: Curious Case of the Sad Trombone
Liese Sherwood-Fabre: Reading Between the Lies
Clay Stafford: Hanging On Dumaine Street
Kelli Stanley: Levees
Charles Todd: Gentleman from New Orleans
Gabriel Valjan: Two Sentimental Gentlemen
Joseph S. Walker: Final Edit
