[Bobby Delery 01] • Run Baby Run

Criminologist Bobby Delery has just returned to New Orleans after decades away, and NOPD is begging for his help to find almost a million dollars stolen from a French Quarter club. He’s only one of many after the money, though. Thieves, church-goers, and everyone else ride the sweaty pace from the Ninth Ward to the foot of Canal Street.

Though New Orleans has always been a remarkable setting, few authors can mine its rich veins and still tell a fine tale. Michael Allen Zell does both.

— David Fulmer, author of the Storyville Valentin St. Cyr Mysteries.

Run Baby Run shows the excellent writing and story-telling ability of Michael Allen Zell. In this intriguing New Orleans-based crime drama, the city is a free-standing character that is central to the plot. I particularly liked Zell’s use of metaphor, deftly mixed with the realism of contemporary political ideology and pop culture. A most enjoyable read.

—Roland S. Jefferson, author of The School on 103rd Street, Damaged Goods, and One Night Stand