The Hippie in the Wall [Hardcover]

Tony Fennelly (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1994

Twenty years earlier, Margo Fortier, now prominent in New Orleans high society, had danced topless in the French Quarter, and when a walled-up body is found in her old club, Margo uncovers a conspiracy that threatens her position and her life.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

A long-buried corpse unearthed at the site of a 1970s New Orleans strip joint leads to additional murders in this engaging and improbable mystery, the third from the author of The Glory Hole Murders. In 1991, the dead body of a male hippie is discovered in an addition, constructed 20 years earlier, to the building that had then been Madame Julie's. Homicide Lt. Frank Washington enlists the aid of Margo Fortier, formerly a stripper named Cherry who is now a newspaper columnist and wife-of-convenience to socially prominent (and secretly gay) Julian Fortier. As Margo checks out old co-workers, the corpse is identified as a youngster who had hung around Madame Julie's and even proposed to one of the dancers. Soon, however, people around the ex-stripper begin to die, and the plot turns predictable. Thankfully, Margo's breezy patter never does, as she offers observations on the Gulf war and frantically schemes to prevent Julian from being outed. Though low on suspense, this talky little tale gets high marks for entertaining chatter.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

New Orleans society reporter Margo Fortier (The Closet Hanging, Carroll & Graf Pubs., 1987) helps police solve a 1970 murder for two reasons: she aspires to investigative journalism and, more importantly, she used to strip at the club where workers found the body. Her marriage of convenience to a socially prominent gay man provides her with a best friend and sounding board as well as a needed social entree, so Margo can interview anyone-from bartender to society maven-with impunity. Intriguing characters, French Quarter backdrops, and slick prose add elan. Recommended.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 229 pages
• Publisher: St Martins Pr; 1st edition (May 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312104758
• ISBN-13: 978-0312104757
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,946,586 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Tony Fennelly has been a riverfront barmaid, a Bourbon Street showgirl, a welfare worker, a stage actress, a certified astrologer, and an Edgar-nominated author whose mysteries have been translated and published in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. She lives in New Orleans.