Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Visit New Orleans for a Haunting Mystery

Mary Ann Evans' newest book, Floodgates, is set in the beautiful city of New Orleans. Faye Lonchamp, the heroine of the story is an archaeologist who, along with her team, are fighting to save New Orleans' past. Centuries of tragedy surround New Orleans, from the Civil War to slavery and hurricane Katrina. Faye and her team are horrified when they discover a corpse that is "too newly dead" to be an archaeological find. The police assume the body is just another victim of Katrina, until Faye convinces them that the debris piled on top of the woman is wrong for a flood victim, and that someone brought Shelly Broussard to a flooded house and left her body behind. A smart New Orleans Detective is convinced that Faye Longchamp and her assistant, Joe Wolf Mantooth, are crucial components of the case, and can use their expertise to assist them in finding the killer. One big question arises from the police's investigation: Was Shelly's heroic rescue work after Katrina the reason why she was murdered? This book is the fourth archaeological mystery written by Mary Anna Evans. Ms. Evans is a mother of three, an avid amateur musician and can be reached at http://www.maryannaevans.com/.

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