Bourbon Street
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- Synopsis
- FROM THE PUBLISHER "With a stranger's eye and a Texan's gait, Deke Watley makes his way through the riot of color and noise on Bourbon Street to the wrought-iron gates of the hotel Moreau. He is expected; he's come for August Moreau's private game. Deke is a gambler, and he's toted up some good winnings at poker, only the stakes he'll be playing for in New Orleans could cost him his life." "Like decadent, dangerous, lush New Orleans itself, this first novel set in 1958 entangles the wary yet unsuspecting Deke in coils of deceit and revenge. For everywhere, whether he's brooding over a drink at the Ten Spot Bar or hobbling through the house of horrors at a deserted amusement park or jousting with Mardi Gras revelers in the sleepless city's raucous streets, Deke's destiny is stalking him; and often it does not wear a mask." "From the moment Deke enters the plush world of the blinded but still powerful white business magnate August Moreau and his mulatto son - the mercurial, angry, wildly inventive Alexander - no one that Deke encounters is quite what he seems. Not the desk clerk, who hides half his face in a black silk sheath; not the well-spoken bellhop, who carries a loaded pistol in his expensive tailored suits. Not the smart and slutty Stacy or her timid husband, Pritchett. And certainly not the elusive, beautiful Hannah: She once killed a man, although that was some years after the time Deke knew, and abandoned, her in a small town back in Texas." Destiny may have stacked its deck against him, yet Deke has got no choice. He's a gambler, and no matter how perilous his alliances, how deadly the consequences, he can only play out the hand he's been dealt.
- Copyright:
- 2005
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 169 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780786714322
- Publisher:
- N/A
- Date of Addition:
- 03/07/06
- Copyrighted By:
- Leonce Gatter
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
- Submitted By:
- Jim Baugh
- Proofread By:
- Jim Baugh
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.