Skip Langdon Series by Julie Smith

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  • New Orleans Mourning (Skip Langdon #1)
    #1

    New Orleans Mourning (Skip Langdon #1)

    Julie Smith

    Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 1990

    It's Mardi Gras in New Orleans, and civic leader and socialite Chauncy St. Amant has been crowned Rex, King of Carnival. But his day of glory comes to an abrupt and bloody end when a parade-goer dressed as Dolly Parton guns him down. Is the killer his aimless, promiscuous daughter Marcelle? Homosexual, mistreated son Henry? Helpless, alcoholic wife Bitty? Or some unknown player? Turns out the king had enemies.. more

  • The Axeman's Jazz (Skip Langdon #2)
    #2

    The Axeman's Jazz (Skip Langdon #2)

    Julie Smith

    Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 1991

    "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 GraftonFor detective Skip Langdon, the murder of a multiple self-help group member is no fun. Even if the guilty character is claiming the mantle last held by the Axeman, a notorious New Orleans serial killer of seventy years ago... more

  • Three Aces And A Queen: Series Selections Starring Women Sleuths (Skip Langdon #2)
    #2

    Three Aces And A Queen: Series Selections Starring Women Sleuths (Skip Langdon #2)

    Julie Smith

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 2017

    THREE ACES AND A QUEEN is a mini-anthology containing one each from THREE top-rated female sleuth series by Edgar Award-winning author Julie Smith PLUS a short story that could only be set in New Orleans. “Julie Smith writes like jazz should sound—cool, complex, and penetrating right to the heart.” --Val McDermid, best-selling author of the Tony Hill series “ Gritty, witty, & mesmerizing ! Langdon is a splendid female heroine... more

  • Jazz Funeral (Skip Langdon #3)
    #3

    Jazz Funeral (Skip Langdon #3)

    Julie Smith

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 1993

    ASIN B00817OUCS moved to the most recent edition"A genuinely moving mystery...It's always a pleasure to spend time with Skip, a no-nonsense, level-headed heroine in a wild and reckless city."THE BALTIMORE SUNSmack in the middle of the summer, Skip finds herself investigating the stabbling death of the universally beloved producer of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival... more

  • Death Before Facebook (Skip Langdon #4)
    #4

    Death Before Facebook (Skip Langdon #4)

    Julie Smith

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 1994

    ASIN moved from less recent editionMurder most viral!In 1994, when Mark Zuckerberg was ten and this book was first published, the Internet was the fresh new face in town--who knew how dangerous it could be? Twenty-year-old Geoff Kavanagh should never have posted about seeing his father murdered…because way too many people on the TOWN, a sort of Facebook-of-the nineties, knew things about his family he didn’t even suspect... more

  • The Kindness of Strangers (Skip Langdon #6)
    #6

    The Kindness of Strangers (Skip Langdon #6)

    Julie Smith

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 1996

    The sequel to House of Blues, Smith's latest novel features the return of New Orleans police detective Skip Langdon. The upcoming mayoral election pits the the usual thugs and vipers against a Errol Jacomine, a liberal-minded, civic-spirited preacher. The trouble is, in Skip's opinion, Jacomine is a psychopath and dangerous as hell.

  • Crescent City Connection (Skip Langdon #7)
    #7

    Crescent City Connection (Skip Langdon #7)

    Julie Smith

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 1997

    Alternate cover edition for ISBN 9781617507618

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