[Voodoo Lucy Mystery 01] • VLM01 - Tupelo Gypsy

The legend of Voodoo

Lucy begins when twenty-eight-year-old Lucinda Jones leaves Tupelo,

Mississippi, and her alcoholic, abusive, father behind to start a new

life in New Orleans. In the city where jazz bands play until the first

light of dawn and no one ever seems to sleep, Lucy falls in love with

the eccentric, distinctive characters of the French Quarter, but soon

runs afoul of a criminal gang boss and his crew. Lucy herself is no

saint—she’s long gotten by through running small-time cons, but when she

dreams up a profitable voodoo-laced scam and dares to testify against a

killer, Lucy’s life starts to spiral out of control. With friends on

both sides of the law and a drug gang who wants her dead, can Lucy

scheme her way out of danger and into the life she’s always dreamed of? Fans

of Vito Zuppardo’s “True Blue Detective” series will enjoy this story,

which takes readers back to Mario DeLuca’s rookie year on the beat and

Zack Nelson in action as a NOLA PD homicide detective, as well as the

early days of the infamous Cornerview Gang and the other unsavory

characters that prowl the colorful, charming French Quarter.