Caught Reading - Rampart Street by David Fulmer

Set in New Orleans in the early 1900's, Rampart Street is a terrific mystery that explores racial and ethnic conflicts that threaten to boil over. Valentin St. Cyr, vagabond detective, returns to the city and is employed by a wealthy family to see why the family's patriarch was gunned down in a less than reputable part of town. As other men start to die, St. Cyr is pulled deeper into the ethnic and economic conflicts of the city. This book is very well written, with Fulmer's hypnotic description of street life in New Orleans drawing the reader into the story. Highly recommended.

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