No Mardi Gras for the Dead

A medical examiner and a psychologist once again make a "formidable team" in this mystery set in colorful New Orleans (The Washington Times).

Criminal psychologist Kit Franklyn feels like she's been spinning her wheels in both life and career. She gets a lift from her malaise when she moves into a new home with a garden—and then a jolt when, in that garden, she discovers human remains.

Along with the unconventional and ever-cheerful chief medical examiner Andy Broussard, Franklyn sets out to close a case that's well beyond cold. They identify the body as a streetwalker who vanished almost thirty years ago. But her death may be connected to a pair of recent killings . . . and a murderer who's out to bury the past for good.

With an irresistible Big Easy attitude and a hard-to-crack mystery, "Donaldson's genre gumbo keeps you coming back for more" (Booklist).

"Likable, modern protagonists, abundant forensic lore and vivid depictions of colorful New Orleans and its denizens." —Publishers Weekly