The Killing Cross [Paperback] Tridico, Louis

Historian and restoration architect Emma Eaton is busy bringing to life the dilapidated Gladewood Plantation when the owner sends her on an impossible quest: find a legendary and priceless gold-and-jeweled cross rumored to be hidden somewhere on the plantation grounds. There’s one catch. A ruthless and relentless rival has stumbled upon an important clue from the past and already has a head start. But as Emma picks up the trail, she awakens a darker, more sinister foe that may be hiding the cross and a secret so devastating, it’s worth killing Emma and her friends to protect it.

Louis Tridico grew up in Louisiana’s bayou and plantation country, listening to crazy stories his father and uncles told. Some were even true. After graduating from LSU, he began his career in advertising, PR and political consulting. He also served as media spokesman for the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Department. He currently lives in Texas as a Louisiana expatriate with his wife, two kids, two dogs, one horse, a goat, a rabbit and a box turtle. They make regular pilgrimages back to the swamps. Except the dogs, the horse, the goat, the rabbit and the turtle.