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Love Power (A Crescent City New Orleans Mystery 1) by Martha Reed at Buccaneer

Genre Mixed Orientations / Contemporary / Mystery/Suspense/Thriller / Fiction
Length Novel, 298 pages
Heat Level
Publication Date 19-October-2020

Book Blurb

Disgraced ex-police detective Jane Byrne is on the run. After surviving a brutal excessive force civil lawsuit that scarred her with PTSD, Jane blows into New Orleans’ The Bywater District on her Ducati motorcycle looking for a fresh start. The last thing she expects to find is a hate crime serial killer targeting NOLA’s inclusive LGBTQ community.


Jane’s new landlord, Ken Pascoe is the sole surviving remnant of The WarBirds, a one-hit wonder ‘80’s heavy metal band. Ken, his wife Leslie and Leslie’s Aunt Babette, a mediumistic voodoo queen are living off royalties from “Love Power,” the band’s single stadium anthem mega hit and one of the first music videos produced for MTV.


At Leslie Pascoe’s surprise 50th birthday party we meet Gigi Pascoe, Ken and Leslie’s transgender daughter and Gigi’s two LGBTQ BFF’s. Gigi raises her concern when one of her friends goes missing the day after the party. Her concern turns to fear that NOLA’s queer community is being targeted for hate crime violence when a second friend vanishes.


Dissatisfied with the NOPD force and the local FBI bureau agency responses, Jane and Gigi team up only to discover that their united effort has refocused the serial killer’s white supremacist hate-filled intent on them.


Additional Information

Format ebook and print
Publisher Buccaneer
Length Novel, 298 pages
Heat Level
Publication Date 19-October-2020
Price $4.99 ebook, $12.99 paperback
Buy Link https://www.amazon.com/Love-Power-Crescent-Orleans-Mystery-ebook/dp/B08FZSJ852