(downloaded from podiobooks.com)
A crime mystery story which, I just found out, you can enjoy for free on Google books - just click the picture for the link. However, I enjoyed the podcast dramatization by dancingcatstudios.com. The story has lively characters and the dramatization gave them distinctive voices with charming southern accent. The plot was a bit on the weak side, but all together I was really drawn into the story until the very end. Johnny C, a private detective, is hired by a college professor to follow his beautiful wife and collect evidence of her infidelity. That he does on the very next page, because she is not hiding her affair with the client's brother. Johnny C follows the couple to New Orleans, where we were given a whiff of the old French Quarter through a palette of colorful local characters. When Johnny C's client ends up shot dead in his house, things speed up a little, but not too much; things never get too fast in American South. Disappointingly, the conclusion doesn't conclude anything, as unlikely character becomes a prime suspect, but was let go for the lack of evidence, personal inconvenience she held for the local judge and the fact that she was drop-dead gorgeous. Unconvincing, but because I managed to fall in love with the characters well before the ending, I'm inclined to forgive.
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