Crossroad Blues: A Nick Travers MysteryNick Travers is back where it all began. Years after The Philadelphia Inquirer proclaimed Crossroad Blues an impressive debut by a promising new talent, the acclaimed crime novel is back in print. A modern, Southern re invention of The Maltese Falcon, Crossroad Blues won noir fans with its nod to the masters and thrilled readers with a wild ride along Highway 61. Its here that we first meet Nick Travers, an ex New Orleans Saint turned Tulane

When Catherine Ducane disappears in the heart of New Orleans

The eagerly awaited sequel to the surprise bestseller by the former Sainsbury's supermarket worker turned novelist

And he realizes that this is not just a hunt for the all-seeing killer who knows his victims secret lives but also the search for Falcns missing heart

Portman s latest assignment is providing back-up for a French intelligence agent sent to recover a hard drive from one of the most dangerous cities on the planet: Mogadishu in Somalia

Moments later a gunshot rang out

his life is in our hands

Now Seans on the trail of the most dangerous killer hes ever encountered

there was really no place for them in the culture

pounding the turf in the heat of a steeplechase

The skirmishes are far from glorious and operations often rough and bloody

and a major publishing event

Chief Inspector Daniel Jacquot of the Cavaillon Regional Crime Squad is called to an artist's retreat in Provence