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The Devil In Her Way

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Bill Loehfelm reintroduces us to Maureen Coughlin, and RoughJustice says, “The author has written a compelling character, raw and damaged from her experiences, but gutsy enough to overcome them.”The story unfolds in New Orleans where Maureen is battling to succeed in a new career as…
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The Devil In Her Way

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Written by Bill Loehfelm — Maureen Coughlin, the protagonist of Loehfelm’s previous novel The Devil She Knows, is back. But the author has traken her from Staten Island, New York to New Orleans. She has left waitressing behind and joined the New Orleans Police Department….
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What It Was

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Narrated by the Pelecanos character Derek Strange, it all starts with the murder of Bobby Odum and the theft of a ring. Parked outside – a Plymouth Fury, the GT Sport two-door with a V8 inside. The plates read Coco, as in brothel owner Coco…
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What It Was by George Pelecanos

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On a rainy afternoon, Nick Stefanos and Derek Strange are having drinks at Leo’s, two friends content enough to just sit down, barely talking. In the Rain by The Dramatics comes on the jukebox, igniting reminiscences about 1972, the year of the song’s release. For…
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HoCaM: Top five crime books of 2011

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I can’t say definitively that these are the best books because I haven’t read everything out there, and who am I to decide for others, right? But these five novels all touched me, thrilled me, and in various ways impressed me the most. Don’t try…
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