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"Fast-paced, gripping suspense - couldn't put it down!"
Reviewed by Debrah Douglas
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted May 18, 2003

A serial killer is on the loose in New Orleans. The French Quarter Killer takes sadistic pleasure in torturing his victims before he finally kills them. The police think they executed the killer, Gonzalez, four years ago, but they find out their mistake as the killings start again. To their Read more...

"Terse romantic suspense"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted May 25, 2003

In New Orleans, former assistant District Attorney J.D. Damascus has never recovered from the murders of his wife and two children. The state fried Angel Gonzales for the crime, but J.D. believes the wrong man was executed. His career is in shambles as he drinks away much of Read more...

Summary

WHAT IS A MAN'S WORSE NIGHTMARE?

Once J.D. Damascus had a wife and two children who were the light of his life. He was the most feared assistant district attorney in New Orleans. Now four years later, he's a man on a verge of a breakdown. A down-and-out lawyer barely scraping by since the vicious slaying of his family by the notorious French Quarter killer. Damascus is certain that the wrong man was convicted and executed for his family's deaths. And his fears come to pass when the French Quarter Killer returns, and a new killing spree begins.

HOW DOES A WOMAN ESCAPE HER PAST?

Holly Jones escaped the dangerous red light district, but her best friend wasn't so lucky. When Holly hears that the French Quarter killer is alive and again prowling the streets, she risks her life to save her friend from becoming his next victim. Confronted by a police department intent on keeping the serial killer's resurrection from becoming public knowledge, Holly is forced to turn to Damascus for help.

Holly and Damascus must join forces to end the nightmare once and for all. But each of them has secrets—some forgivable, some not—that could jeopardize their hunt...