[John Raven Beau 0.50] • Down on the Pontchartrain

The worst hour is the last before getting off because anything can happen when you’re a homicide detective. NOPD Det. John Raven Beau, sneaking home just before knocking off the midnight watch, catches a murder case within walking distance of his houseboat. The body of a waitress from one of the restaurants lining Lake Pontchartrain is found strangled beneath an oak tree in a parking lot.

Everyone knows the first 24-hours after a murder are the most critical, so getting some much-needed sleep is not an option. A canvass locates no witnesses but the victim scratched her killer, as some of his skin beneath her broken fingernails. True to his Sioux heritage, Beau begins a relentless pursuit of the killer. Sleep can wait. There’s a murderer to catch.