Axeman's Jazz (The Skip Langdon) - Softcover

Smith, Julie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0999813153 ISBN 13: 9780999813157

Publisher: Booksbnimble, 2019

Synopsis

WHAT'S THE PERFECT KILLING FIELD FOR A MURDERER?
A place where he (or maybe she) can learn your secrets from your own mouth and then make friends over coffee. A supposedly "safe" place where anonymity is the norm. The horror who calls himself The Axeman has figured it out and claimed his territory--he's cherry-picking his murder victims in the 12-Step programs of New Orleans.

And he's had the gall to name himself after a historical serial killer. He just needs to go down, and fast, because this is New Aw'lins, dawlin'--half the town is either alcoholic or co-dependent!

Who better to take him out than tall, funny, social-misfit Skip Langdon, now a homicide detective on the Axeman team, a gig that takes her into the 12-Step groups to meet the suspects (giving the author a chance for gentle satire). As Skip threads her fascinated way from one self-help group to another, she finds she has more in common with the twelve-steppers than just the murder--her mother, for one thing, whom she encounters at Overeaters Anonymous! And she knows what they do not: that among their anonymous numbers is a murderous, and dangerously attractive psychopath...

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Review:

"Gritty, witty, & mesmerizing! Langdon is a splendid female heroine." -People Magazine

"Smashing . . . New Orleans Mourning was a tough act to follow. The Axeman's Jazz is a wonderful, completely satisfying encore." -The Denver Post

"Julie Smith not only firmly establishes her claim to the New Orleans crime scene, but she explores an intriguing new franchise for the serial killer." -Sue Grafton

"A multilayered masterpiece " -Andrew Vachss

About this edition

• Publisher: Booksbnimble
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0999813153
• ISBN 13: 9780999813157
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 434