Fat Tuesday by Sandra Brown
I have decided this month to clear the reading pile of all the crime fiction, so look out, Lowly is immersed in murder.
Fat Tuesday starts out in court, unusual. The crim that the cops know is guilty of multiple murders, walks again thanks to his crafty lawyer. But this time it is different. The victim was from the cops, and his partner Burke Basile will not let the killing go unpunished. Basile quits the force and plans his revenge. How to get to the fancy lawyer? He is always surrounded by henchmen, but his wife only has a single bodyguard. Basile figures that kidnapping the wife will be the most effective revenge possible. And he is right, except that once the wife is taken, she is considered damaged goods and her husband demands her death, as well as Basile’s.
Set in the lush richness of New Orleans, at least the idealised one pre-Katrina, and the surrounding bayou, this book is an excellent suspense thriller. No one is exactly as he appears. The twists and double twists keep the pages turning.
As usual, I don’t think much of the cover. It makes it look very chick lit. But wrap the book in plain paper and enjoy a good story.
