Mortal Sins - Hardcover

Williamson, Penelope

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 044652154X ISBN 13: 9780446521543

Publisher: Warner Books, 2000

Synopsis

When Creole aristocrat Charles St. Claire is found with his throat slashed, with his blood-drenched wife, Hollywood sex goddess Remy Lelourie, next to him, police investigator Daman Rourke must confront old loyalties and his need to find the killer as he follows a deadly trail of betrayal and murder through the dark underside of Jazz Age New Orleans. 125,000 first printing.

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Review:

A stunning thriller with a rich cast of characters and one of the most complex, intriguing protagonists since James Lee Burke introduced Dave Robicheaux to readers, Mortal Sins stakes out a piece of the same territory. New Orleans is the setting, and the atmosphere in the city that care forgot is sexy, rich, and sultry, not unlike movie goddess Remy Lelourie. Lelourie once loved and left a young man who grew up to be homicide cop Daman Rourke, a brooding hero who's never forgotten Remy or forgiven her for betraying him. He hasn't seen her since she married Charles St. Claire, the present owner of the Lelourie ancestral mansion, which is haunted by a century-old crime as shocking as the brutal stabbing of St. Claire with which Remy is now charged. And only Daman knows she's capable of murder; after all, he's seen her do it before, and kept silent when she arranged that death to look like a suicide. Tortured by the memory of their affair, her betrayal, and his abiding passion for her, he nonetheless sets out to prove Remy's innocence, and is drawn into a web of family secrets, tangled ancestry, and southern (in)justice.

Williamson seasons a thick Louisiana gumbo with all of the above-mentioned ingredients for success, as well as bootleggers, the blues, absinthe, and cocaine. Set in the Roaring '20s, this standout debut has a decidedly contemporary attitude as well as enough sex, sin, and mystery to keep the reader enthralled long after the last page is regretfully turned. --Jane Adams

About the Author:

" PENN WILLIAMSON lives in Mill Valley, California."

About this edition

• Publisher: Warner Books
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 044652154X
• ISBN 13: 9780446521543
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 432