Midnight on Julia Street
Published on 22. August 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
520 pages
978-1-64839-715-8 (ISBN)
Description
SCANDAL TRANSCENDS TIME IN THE 'BIG EASY'
...feisty reporter Corlis McCullough isn't afraid to push boundaries in the name of journalistic integrity. when passion for the truth lands her in New Orleans in need of a job, an assignment at a TV station pits her against her old college nemesis, King Duvallon. The sultry streets of the French Quarter, the glamorous Garden District, derelict riverfront cotton warehouses, and gritty back alleys come alive as the reporter's story inexplicable slips between the nineteenth century and today. Along-forgotten drama of blackmail, swindles, and a love affair that is still changing lives leaves Corlis and King wondering if their burgeoning, unholy attraction will render them pawns in a matrix of mystery and deceit.
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Language
English
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
726 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-64839-715-8 (9781648397158)
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Ciji Ware is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of thirteen works of historical and contemporary fiction and two nonfiction. Among many accolades, she was bestowed the Dorothy Parker Award of Excellence for Fiction and a finalist for the 2012 Will [Cather] Literary Award for Historical Fiction. For her novels set in Scotland she was granted the designation of FSA Scot (Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland), an honor she cherishes. A graduate of Harvard University in History and recipient of the Alumni Award, she was the first woman graduate of the University to serve as President of the Harvard Alumni Association, worldwide. Ware is an Emmy-award winning television producer, a DuPont awardee for investigative journalism, and an American Bar Association winner of the Silver Gavel for her magazine work. For eighteen years she was a broadcaster and commentator for KABCV Radio/TV in Los Angeles and now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.