New Orleans Requiem - Hardcover

Donaldson, D. J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312104952 ISBN 13: 9780312104955

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 1994

Synopsis

While at a forensic convention, Chief Medical Examiner Broussard and psychological-profile expert Franklin start investigating a series of murders committed by someone who seems to have a grudge against Broussard

About this title

About the Author:

Donald (Don) Jay Donaldson, who also writes as David Best, was born in 1940 and is a now retired professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology. He holds a Ph.D. in human anatomy and his entire academic career was spent at the University of Tennessee, Health Science Center, where he published dozens of papers on wound-healing, and taught microscopic anatomy to thousands of medical and dental students. He lives in Memphis, Tennessee with his wife and two West Highland terriers. In the spring of most years he simply cannot stop buying new flowers and other plants for the couple's prized backyard garden. He is the author of five medical thrillers and seven forensic mysteries, the latter featuring the hugely overweight and equally brilliant New Orleans medical examiner, Andy Broussard, and his gorgeous psychologist sidekick, Kit Franklyn. Of these it has been said that they contain 'lots of Louisiana color, pinpoint plotting and two highly likable characters', whilst the Los Angeles Times states 'the autopsies are detailed enough to make Patricia Cornwell fans move farther south for their forensic fixes . . . . . splendidly eccentric local denizens, authentic New Orleans and bayou backgrounds'.

From Booklist:

With three novels to his credit in the Andy Broussard-Kit Franklin series, Donaldson has established himself as a master of the Gothic mystery. His New Orleans-set novels, including No Mardi Gras for the Dead (1992), draw brilliantly on the Crescent City's mixed heritage: part decadence, part noir, part voodoo-inspired weirdness. This time, though, he leaves much of that tradition behind; there are no werewolves, no hungry alligators, no madpeople in the cellar wreaking havoc. There is a murderer, of course, and a nasty one, at that, but it's all rather traditional fare. Chief Medical Examiner Broussard and psychological-profile expert Franklin are caught up in their respective roles at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences annual convention when the killings start. Matters turn personal when the culprit's m.o. suggests advanced knowledge of forensics and a grudge against Broussard. There's nothing wrong with this tale: Broussard remains an ingratiatingly crotchety hero, the whodunit angle is satisfactorily developed, and the French Quarter ambience is piquant as always. Still, fans of the series will feel a bit let down, as if they'd ordered gumbo and been served chicken soup instead. Bill Ott

About this edition

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0312104952
• ISBN 13: 9780312104955
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 227