Vieux Carre Voodoo (Scotty Bradley Series) [Paperback]

Greg Herren (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 18, 2010 | Series: Scotty Bradley Series

Former go-go boy turned detective Scotty Bradley is back!

When an old family friend apparently commits suicide from his French Quarter balcony, Scotty’s life accelerates from boring to exciting again in a nanosecond. Why would anyone want the old man dead, and what were they looking for in his ransacked apartment? It’s up to Scotty, Frank, his crazy family, and friends to get to the bottom of this bizarre mystery—and when an old, all-too-familiar face turns up, it’s not just Scotty’s life that’s in danger, but his heart.

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About the Author

Greg Herren is a New Orleans-based author and editor. Former editor of Lambda Book Report, he is also a co-founder of the Saints and Sinners Literary Festival, which takes place in New Orleans every May. He is the author of ten novels, including the Lambda Literary Award winning Murder in the Rue Chartres, called by the New Orleans Times-Picayune “the most honest depiction of life in post-Katrina New Orleans published thus far.” He co-edited Love, Bourbon Street: Reflections on New Orleans, which also won the Lambda Literary Award. He has published over fifty short stories in markets as varied as Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine to the critically acclaimed anthology New Orleans Noir to various websites, literary magazines, and anthologies. His erotica anthology FRATSEX is the all time best selling title for Insightoutbooks. Under his pseudonym Todd Gregory, he published the bestselling erotic novel Every Frat Boy Wants It and the erotic anthologies His Underwear and Rough Trade (to be released by Bold Strokes Books in 2009).

Product Details

• Paperback: 264 pages
• Publisher: Bold Strokes Books (May 18, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1602821526
• ISBN-13: 978-1602821521
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #208,808 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Scotty is back, and - as usual - trouble finds him quickly!, April 30, 2010

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Bob Lind "camelwest" (Phoenix, AZ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vieux Carre Voodoo (Scotty Bradley Series) (Paperback)

Former go-go boy - turned private detective - Scotty Bradley is back! In post-Katrina New Orleans, temporarily alone while his partner, Frank, is away on business, Scotty soon finds himself in the middle of an international conspiracy involving the theft of a religious icon, assumed identities, torture, kidnapping, murder and the unexpected return of someone he has learned not to trust.

As a major fan of both Herren's "Chanse" and "Scotty" mystery series, I was overjoyed to hear that Bold Strokes agreed to pick up the latter, and this was well worth waiting for. Herren has a knack for developing colorful primary and supporting characters the reader actually cares about, and involving them in realistic though extreme situations that make his books riveting to the mystery purist. Bravo, and five gumbo-stained stars out of five!

- Bob Lind, Echo Magazine

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Scotty is finally back and the rouble finds him fast, June 11, 2011

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jmore865 (Tennessee) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Vieux Carré Voodoo (Scotty Bradley) (Kindle Edition)

I love both series and both trouble magnets Chanse and Scotty. This book picks up with Scotty. All of us fans have not heard from Scotty for a while so it was pleasant to see we finally get one. I am very pleased with the opening as it goes back over what happened with Scotty in the other books as well as what has been happening since we last seen him. I will say this section helped me as the more recent books have been on the Chanse series I was able to get my head back in the Scotty world. I always love how Greg writes.

For new readers to this series Scotty has a little bit of pyshic nature and this book does have more of that then other ones. That aside it is still a good book and mystery but the underlining story on this one is about forgiveness and love.

Thank you Greg for a great book and it would be awesome if Scotty and Chanse ran into each other and the series were to merge. :) Just a thought.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Scotty Sluthing Again, July 28, 2010

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dexter (Bay Area, CA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Vieux Carre Voodoo (Scotty Bradley Series) (Paperback)

I'm a Greg Herren fan, so I read this book with a positive prejudice. I like the way Greg develops his mysteries, and I liked this book. This was actually my second reading, having read the book when it first came out. I would recommend it to those who like gay (character) mysteries.