The book is beautifully written in a tight, quirky style that distinguishes Gran as one of the more original writers working today. Bruce DeSilva, Associated Press
Reads . . . as if David Lynch directed a Raymond Chandler novel. CNN
What would you get if that punkish dragon girl Lisbeth Salander met up with Jim Sallis s Lew Griffin walking the back streets of New Orleans? Or Sue Grafton s Kinsey Millhone transformed herself into a tattooed magnolia driving a 4x4? Clare DeWitt, that s what you d get . . . DeWitt s mesmerizing character and memorable voice take your breath away. New Orleans Times-Picayune
Claire DeWitt believes she is the world s greatest PI, even if few agree with her. A one-time teen detective in Brooklyn, she is a follower of the esoteric French detective Jacques Silette, whose mysterious handbook D tection inspired Claire s unusual practices. Claire also has deep roots in New Orleans, where she was mentored by Silette s student the brilliant Constance Darling until Darling was murdered. When a respected DA goes missing she returns to the hurricane-ravaged city to find out why. Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead is a knockout start to a bracingly original new series.
The hard-living, wisecracking titular detective bounces around post-Katrina New Orleans trying to track down a missing prosecutor in this auspicious debut of a new mystery series and the Big Easy is every bit her equal in sass and flavor. Elle
Reminds me why I fell in love with the genre. Laura Lippman
"I love this book!" -- Sue Grafton