No Second Chances
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Publisher Description
A New Orleans detective's investigation of a fellow cop's murder reveals surprises in this mystery from the USA Today–bestselling author of Thrill Kill.
One of Quentin Archer's fellow officers has been shot dead in broad daylight, in his own squad car. A random cop killing…or something more sinister? With no leads to go on, Archer turns to voodoo queen Solange Cordray for help. But is he prepared to take her advice?
As Archer uncovers some surprising facts about the dead man's past, there is another murder. With the simmering racial tensions in the city threatening to escalate into outright violence, Archer begins to suspect there's far more to Officer Leroy's killing than he'd first supposed. Could it be part of a carefully orchestrated plan of revenge…?
"Even if there seems no room left for the unexpected, Bruns still has one last surprise up his sleeve."—Kirkus Reviews
"Richly nuanced…Bruns clearly loves New Orleans and pithily inserts details of the city's complex history and culture."—Publishers Weekly
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
At the start of Bruns's richly nuanced third novel featuring New Orleans homicide detective Quentin Archer (after 2017's Thrill Kill), Nick Martin, a 29-year-old truck driver, dies in 1992 when he drives off a road to avoid a head-on collision with another semi. The hijackers who arranged this trap steal Martin's load of 800 cases of cigarettes. Flash forward 25 years to present-day New Orleans. The death of white police officer Johnny Leroy, shot at point-blank range in his squad car by a young black man, fuels racial tensions in the community. The reader knows it's a revenge killing of some sort. With pressure from the mayor to solve the crime immediately and with no witnesses or clues to go by, Archer accepts the offer of love interest Solange Corday, a psychic and voodoo practitioner, to apply her esoteric skills to the investigation. They eventually un cover a link between the hijacking and Leroy. Bruns clearly loves New Orleans and pithily inserts details of the city's com plex history and culture.
