Passe Blanc (A Sleepy Carter Mystery - Book 3)

By: Brian W. Smith

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Nothing can derail a wedding faster than a murder… Eli LaPomeret is a descendant of Pierre LaPomeret—the most notorious slave owner in Louisiana history. The LaPomeret family has benefited for generations from the wealth accumulated by their infamous ancestor, and still has a lot of influence within the city of New Orleans. So, when Eli announced his engagement to Khloe Francois the buzz that ensued within the city’s most exclusive social circles was predictable. But, no one could have predicted that Eli would find himself standing at the altar waiting for his soon-to-be-bride…who was lying dead in a dressing room at the church with strangulation marks around her neck. The LaPomeret family puts pressure on the Mayor and Chief of Police to find the killer. Detectives Lizzy Silverman and Louis Farrington are assigned the city’s most high profile murder in decades. As is often the case, Farrington shirks his duties and fails to carry his weight of the investigative load. Lizzy sees her partner’s aloofness as an opportunity to elevate her profile within the department so she makes it her mission to solve the case on her own. But, with a church filled with more than three hundred potential suspects, plus a few suspects that may have managed to go unseen, Lizzy doesn’t know where to start her search for the killer. As the pressure builds, Lizzy turns to her secret mentor, Sleepy Carter, for help. It doesn’t take long for Sleepy to uncover Khloe’s dark secret—a secret he feels is a glaring motive for murder when you consider the LaPomeret family’s dubious history. Khloe is what New Orleanians refer to as Passé Blanc—a black woman passing for white.

Didn’t see that one coming

Just when I thought I knew who it was, I quickly found out that not only was I wrong but didn’t see it coming. Great read!