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Crimes and Impunity in New Orleans: Shelly's Journey Begins (Shelly's Journeys) Paperback – October 7, 2020

by Sherrie Miranda (Author)
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"Crimes and Impunity in New Orleans" is author Sherrie Miranda’s prequel to her page-turner, debut thriller, "Secrets and Lies in El Salvador". Shelly Dalton Smith is a naïve, twenty-three-year-old from Upstate New York who moves to New Orleans to prepare for a photo project in war-torn El Salvador. Shelly arrives in New Orleans, broken and traumatized and therefore unable to trust her own instincts. New Orleans represents the fresh start Shelly needs, but she soon finds that almost everyone in New Orleans harbors a secret. She’s unprepared for life in “The Big Easy,” and her world is turned upside down as she navigates “the city that care forgot.” With fast-paced chapters and beautifully detailed conversations and descriptions, we see New Orleans through Shelly’s innocent eyes as she realizes the sheltered life she had lived was a lie. She experiences sexism and witnesses racism, police brutality, FBI visits, death threats, and two people’s captivity by her former boss. Through her misadventures and exciting plot twists, Shelly focuses on fighting injustice, ultimately finding her authentic voice as an empowered adult. When she finally leaves New Orleans, she is forever changed. The novel is a wild ride through the underbelly of 1980s New Orleans and is filled with quirky characters, sinister abusers, and thrilling secrets and revelations.
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  1. Print length
    353 pages
  2. Language
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  3. Publication date
    October 7, 2020
  4. Dimensions
    5 x 0.89 x 8 inches
  5. ISBN-13
    979-8694670319
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08KMHNNDK
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Independently published (October 7, 2020)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 353 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8694670319
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.89 x 8 inches
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Sherrie Miranda is an author who writes in order to create more peace and understanding in the world. She is a teacher who has taught students from many countries of the world. She is also a life and writing coach and hopes to soon find a way to help seniors and troubled teens write their life stories.

She loves to travel and first traveled to other countries before finally deciding to see some of the U.S., places that foreigners she met had been to, but that she hadn't.

She is happily married to a teacher who identifies himself first, as a musician. They hope to someday travel together to places where she reads her novel(s) and speaks to people about writing and life while Angelo plays his piano and entertains the audience.

Life has much to offer so she always encourages young people to hang in there and know that things WILL get better.

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Customers find the story engaging and realistic. They describe the book as compelling, amazing, and honest. The protagonist's character development is praised as dynamic and relatable. Readers appreciate the vivid writing style and first-person narrative that makes them feel close to the characters.

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Customers enjoy the book's engaging story and historical events. They find the plot relatable as it explores politics, sexism, and heartfelt devastation. The author captures historical events and heartfelt deception with her talented writing style. Readers describe the book as a fantastic women's psychological fiction read that transitions relatably from naive girl into learned woman.

"...was often shaking my head in disbelief - even though this is is a work of fiction, I knew and could imagine the reality of the time period and the..." Read more

"...This is a fascinating slice of history from a talented writer with much to say about real life. It held my attention from start to finish." Read more

"...The story has a good place that will keep you engaged. The real world story that dives into the dirt of politics, sexism, and racism holds the..." Read more

"Through the voice of the protagonist Shelly, the author captures historical events and heartfelt devastation experienced upon many social levels..." Read more

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Customers find the book engaging and suspenseful. They appreciate the vivid storytelling and authentic cast of characters.

"...While this book could enjoyably be read in a few days, I looked forward to savoring a few chapters every night as I didn't want the journey to end!..." Read more

"...I liked this book for its honestly, its authentic cast of characters and dialog, and for the realistic picture it paints of what it can be like to..." Read more

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"This is a book people need to read to find out how life really is. Once you strip the cover of society, you find out what's the truth." Read more

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Customers find the character development engaging. They appreciate the protagonist's distinct viewpoint and heroic moments. However, some readers are concerned about other characters lurking around.

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Customers enjoy the writing quality of the memoir. They find the writing vivid and interesting, with plenty of dialogue. The first-person narrative allows readers to feel close to the author.

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  • Laura Gael Sweeney
    5.0 out of 5 stars An amazing book that kept me in suspence
    Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2022
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    I have recently read Sherrie Miranda’s sensational book entitled ‘Crimes and Impunity in New Orleans’, a real eye-opener that gets more exciting as one reads it, exposing astonishing life as it is lived by countless people in the United States. While literary fiction characteristically depicts an idealized vision of the US, ‘Crimes and Impunity in New Orleans’ shows what it is like to deal with racism, sexism, police brutality, social class, and other intricacies of the American system in a powerful country where it is not easy for a young lady with little means to get a start in professional life. The protagonist, Shelly Dalton, having overcome a devastating challenge in her home town, decides to embark on a trip to New Orleans, a shadowy city full of mysteries. There she meets many intriguing people who either help or hinder her as she tries to reach her true dream. Despite the many risks that she might face as a single woman in a new place, without a lot of money on hand, Shelly's ultimate goal is to be chosen to work as a creative photographer in El Salvador.

    This book kept me thoroughly engaged and fearful of lurking characters that might hinder Shelly’s success along the way. No matter what predicament she encountered, the protagonist shared her distinctive viewpoint and was heroic at times. While this book could enjoyably be read in a few days, I looked forward to savoring a few chapters every night as I didn't want the journey to end! Such a well-written, first-person narrative enabled me to feel very close to this character and to see the world differently after encountering and solving mysteries along the way. Although ‘Crimes and Impunity in New Orleans’ would make a great television series, I was primarily happy to join the protagonist on her remarkable journey, feeling as though I, the reader, was also present in New Orleans.
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  • K.C.
    4.0 out of 5 stars Riveting back story/adventures and snapshot of unique time in U.S. socio-political history
    Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2023
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    While Shelly's main mission is to get to El Salvador as a photographer in the early 80s to portray the impact of U.S.-funded war in that country, her stop-off in New Orleans from her comfortable roots in Rochester, NY, to work and save money is where she becomes politically active and connected. Not to mention, gets the naivete shaken out of her. From witnessing unimaginable police brutality to experiencing ongoing sexism and danger of rape and even kidnap, Shelly navigates the seedy underbelly of "Nawlins" as a young 20-something, trying to figure out whom to trust and how to stop making mistakes that leave her vulnerable. While there are many characters in the story, the author's portrayal of them feels at times two-dimensional. There's plenty of dialogue but the characters don't necessarily take bloom in the writing. Nonetheless, the story lines, action and drama are so compelling, things move forward quickly and as a reader I found myself driven to turn the next page and read the next chapter. Truth, as they say, is quite stranger than fiction. I was often shaking my head in disbelief - even though this is is a work of fiction, I knew and could imagine the reality of the time period and the place being described. The author has placed a tantalizing first chapter of her next book, when she actually steps off the plane in El Salvador, that makes me want to read more from her.
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  • Anne Moose
    5.0 out of 5 stars A fascinating slice of history from a talented writer with much to say about real life
    Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2023
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    This book reads more like a memoir than a novel, but I love memoirs, and the writing in this story is vivid and interesting, taking the reader on a “you are there” journey to New Orleans, where you share in the experiences of a young idealistic woman who goes to New Orleans in the late Seventies on a mission she hopes will eventually lead her to war-torn El Salvador, where she aspires to work as a photojournalist. I liked this book for its honestly, its authentic cast of characters and dialog, and for the realistic picture it paints of what it can be like to navigate the world as a young attractive woman with scant resources--especially in a place like “Nawlins,” where drinking is prevalent and the police pose the greatest danger of all. This is a fascinating slice of history from a talented writer with much to say about real life. It held my attention from start to finish.
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  • Jack Anderson
    5.0 out of 5 stars A fantastic women's psychological fiction read
    Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2021
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    Crimes and Impunity in New Orleans is one of the best women's fiction novels I've read in a while.

    It's a coming of age story the focuses on a young girl named Shelly, who is forced to grow up in " the big easy" and learns that life is not as simple and easy as she thought it was. Her character is dynamic and transitions relatably from naive girl into learned woman.

    The story has a good place that will keep you engaged. The real world story that dives into the dirt of politics, sexism, and racism holds the reader and won't let go. It is gritty and doesn't shine up the dark corners of humanity the way some books do. Definitely worth the read.
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  • SJ McGarry - Author
    5.0 out of 5 stars An informative and eye-opening story
    Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2023
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    Through the voice of the protagonist Shelly, the author captures historical events and heartfelt devastation experienced upon many social levels still unresolved globally in today's world. Shelly's character and desire to make the world a better place and help others less fortunate to promote equality, honesty and peace, keeps the reader supporting her determination in spite of some bad choices. Through her mistakes we see her grow in wisdom and even perhaps heeding other's advise for survival and staying under the radar to continue her valiant crusade in uncharted waters..
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  • Terri Lynn Sullivan (Pen Name T.L. Mumley)
    4.0 out of 5 stars The Big Easy on an emotional rollercoaster ride!
    Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2023
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    You can't help but fall in love with the protagonist, Shelly, despite her relentless naivety. Watching her navigate the corrupt corners of New Orleans through the lens of a sheltered heart and soul brings an interesting (yet frustrating) twist to each chapter. This girl is so easily deceived in The Big Easy, that I'm surprised she even survives.
    I'm eager to find out what happens when this gullible young lady goes to El Salvador, and glad I read the prequel first.
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  • Stuart Aken
    5.0 out of 5 stars Moving, Insightful, Disturbing Fiction that Reveals the Underbelly of the Southern USA
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 14, 2021
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    Subtitled ‘Shelly’s Journey Begins’, this book is a prequal to the authors debut thriller ‘Secrets and Lies in El Salvador’, which I’ve also read and reviewed. Both books are well worth anyone’s cash and time.
    Set in New Orleans at the start of the 1980s, this story reveals a city seen through the eyes of a caring and intelligent but naïve, young woman who arrives there already traumatised and damaged by her home life and an event she cannot forget.
    What is most surprising about this emotionally fragile woman is her combination of fear of known risks and her courage in facing them. That her life events have failed to embitter her, failed to make her selfish and isolated comes as a pleasant surprise. She is warm, approachable, kind and loving in spite of her experience, and this brings an element of much-needed hope into a book that exposes the corrupt, self-serving, prejudiced underbelly of a dangerous city in a country that still harbours the wild survival nature of its past.
    We are introduced to a police force mostly comprised of ignorant white men with no concern for law, justice or peace-making. Men who are casual about the lives of women and of anyone not of their own perceived class or colour. We meet bosses who illustrate a complete lack of knowledge of how to run a business properly and who place no value on those who do the work that brings in the income they so clearly believe they deserve. And, lurking poorly concealed in the murky underworld, the FBI takes on its usual role of upholding the prejudices and concerns of the white, wealthy, religious, hypocrites who truly run the country.
    The city we travel through with Shelly, often on foot, is shown as superficially vibrant but basically a dangerous and dark place where the authorities prey on those they are employed to protect, where misogyny, racism, and prejudice are rife.
    For Shelly, the journey is an introduction to the realities of life in southern, urban USA, where life is cheap, especially for women and the underprivileged, and where hypocrisy rules above real concern and fellow feeling. She navigates the dangerous streets with courage, gradually growing less concerned about her own vulnerability and more outraged at the treatment of the poor, immigrants, and those with darker skin tones.
    But this story is not all about the inhumanity of the human race. There is love here, generosity, friendship, support and, most essentially, humour.
    It’s far from an easy read for anyone with empathy. And many readers, including those in America, perhaps even in the city itself, will be appalled at the revelations the book contains. Others will shrug, indifferent, and continue to live lives concerned only with the ambition and selfishness the daily search for the sacred dollar seems to instil in so many.
    I seem to have recently read a series of books I feel the world should read. This is one in that class.
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