Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead

Author: Sara Gran

Publisher: Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011.

Series: Claire DeWitt mysteries, 1

Claire DeWitt is the world’s greatest investigator; just ask her. She doesn’t go digging for clues or roughing up scumbags, she lets them come to her. Through the use of I Ching, an ancient form of Chinese numerology; the teachings of an eccentric French detective; and copious amounts of marijuana, Claire isn’t so much hard-boiled as hard-baked.

In ‘City of the Dead’, Claire must return to New Orleans, the city where her friend and mentor was murdered. But she does what she must; investigating the disappearance of a well-known District Attorney who had made enough enemies to make it interesting. 18 short months after the devastating Hurricane Katrina, the city is still recovering, and Claire is about to discover how hard it is to find a body in the City of the Dead.

Equally witty and gritty, Gran will take you on a magic-carpet ride through storm-washed New Orleans. Don’t be surprised if this intricate and offbeat mystery moves you more than you’d expect.

For more information:

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9231999-claire-dewitt-and-the-city-of-the-dead
Author’s Website: https://www.worldsbestdetective.com/
Book trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8_HtZPajJc