delphimo
03-06-2009, 08:42 AM
A Valentin St Cyr mystery set in New Orleans in early 1910's. This case involves rich, white men murdered and brings St Cyr out of retirement as a detective. The story is rich in the sounds and sights of the sinfulness of New Orleans when jazz was finally legal and heading for other cities. New Orleans is a city of many races and origins and it is hard to believe that the KKK operated in the shipping industry. The historic information is interesting, but I felt that this novel was not written as well as the prior novels. I had to force myself to continue reading. Fulmer seemed duty bound to mention everything about Sin City and the novel seemed to fall under that heading "jack of all trades and master of none".