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Reviewed on September 1, 2015 | Fiction
During a rainy stretch in New Orleans right after the end of World War I, a serial killer stalks the city. The killing method is by ax, and the conceit is a tarot card left behind at the crime scene. Michael Talbot, a shunned police detective, gets saddled with the case, while Ida Davis, an ambitious young black girl with a fondness for Sherlock Holmes, pursues the murderer on her own, in hopes of sta...Log In or Sign Up to Read More