![]() ![]() "Reminds me why I fell in love with the genre. "The hard-living, wisecracking titular detective bounces around post-Katrina New Orleans trying to track down a missing prosecutor in this auspicious debut of a new mystery series-and the Big Easy is every bit her equal in sass and flavor."- Elle When a respected DA goes missing she returns to the hurricane-ravaged city to find out why. ![]() ![]() But Claire also uses her dreams, omens, and mind-expanding herbs to help her solve mysteries. She has brilliant deductive skills and is an ace at discovering evidence. Claire also has deep roots in New Orleans, where she was mentored by Silette's student the brilliant Constance Darling-until Darling was murdered. Claire DeWitt is not your average private investigator. A one-time teen detective in Brooklyn, she is a follower of the esoteric French detective Jacques Silette, whose mysterious handbook Détection inspired Claire's unusual practices. This knock-out start to a bracingly original new series features Claire DeWitt, the world's greatest PI-at least, that's what she calls herself. DeWitt's mesmerizing character and memorable voice take your breath away."- New Orleans Times-Picayune Claire Dewitt and the Bohemian Highway : Claire DeWitt - Sara Gran. "What would you get if that punkish dragon girl Lisbeth Salander met up with Jim Sallis's Lew Griffin walking the back streets of New Orleans? Or Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone transformed herself into a tattooed magnolia driving a 4x4? Clare DeWitt, that's what you'd get. ![]() as if David Lynch directed a Raymond Chandler novel."-CNN ![]()
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