This murder mystery, set in New Orleans, requires Jeanne, an assistant D.A. to team with homicide detective Boyle to solve the homicide of an honors student from a local high school.  When they develop a suspect who has no obvious ties to the student and he gets murdered, the detective and Jeanne must solve the second killing to figure out who did the first one.  The novel is available on Amazon and through retail bookstores.

The Headless Palm, set in New Orleans, exposes issues of race relations and police misconduct after Katrina and well before the recent series of shootings of unarmed black men. The incidents involving law enforcement are based on real events. Hurricane Katrina uncovered more than government incompetence under George Bush. It unpeels the layers of self deceit with which our society lives.