title: Murder in the Rue Chartres: A Chanse MacLeod Mystery (An Alyson Mystery)
author:  Greg Herren 
description: Post-Katrina New Orleans provides the engrossing backdrop for Herron's third Chanse MacLeod whodunit (after 2004's Murder in the Rue St. Anne). The gay investigator returns to the battered city, determined to stay despite the devastation. Before the hurricane, Iris Verlaine, granddaughter of a local shipping magnate, hired Chanse to find her father, Michael Mercereau, missing for 32 years. But before Chanse could dig into the case, Iris fired him. Shocked to learn that Iris was shot and killed shortly before Katrina, Chanse agrees to help his friends, NOPD detectives Venus Casanova and Blaine Tujague, solve the murder. Joshua Verlaine, Iris's big brother, also hires Chanse to continue the search for Mercereau, though his grandfather disapproves. Uncovering a disturbing link between Mercereau and a tragic cold case from 1973, Chanse realizes he's stumbled onto something huge. Herron, a loyal New Orleans resident, paints a brilliant portrait of the recovering city, including insights into its tight-knit gay community. This latest installment in a powerful series is sure to delight old fans and attract new ones. <BR>Copyright &copy; Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
zlib_text: Bruce Beckham
  
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  Murder in Adland
  
  Murder in School
  
  Murder on the Edge
  
  Murder on the Lake
  
  LUCiUS
  
    
  
  Contents – Books 1-4
  
    
  
  Murder in Adland
  
    
  
  Main Characters in Order of Appearance
  
  1\. Bassenthwaite Lake
  
  2\. Bewaldeth Hall
  
  3\. Room 10
  
  4\. Mrs Groteneus
  
  5\. Breakfast by the lake
  
  6\. Dermott Goldsmith
  
  7\. Miriam Tregilgis
  
  8\. Kukri & key
  
  9\. Police HQ
  
  10\. Moffat and beyond
  
  11\. Macdonald & Campbell
  
  12\. Briefcase
  
  13\. Julia Rubicon
  
  14\. Elspeth Goldsmith
  
  15\. Calton Hill
  
  16\. Fettes Avenue
  
  17\. Evening flight
  
  18\. Krista Morocco
  
  19\. Seven Dials
  
  20\. Melanie Stark
  
  21\. Ford Zendik
  
  22\. Waterloo Bridge
  
  23\. Grendon Smith
  
  24\. Ron Bunce
  
  25\. Hillend
  
  26\. Dermott Goldsmith
  
  27\. Haystacks
  
  28\. Twitching
  
  29\. The letters
  
  30\. WNKR Advertising
  
  31\. The Irish girl
  
  32\. London by night
  
  33\. Krista Morocco
  
  34\. Miriam Tregilgis
  
  35\. The down-train
  
  36\. Telephone calls
  
  37\. It's not cricket
  
  38\. Reading
  
  39\. Back on Bass Lake
  
  40\. Fligh