Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead

By Sara Gran

Book Overview

"Delicious and addictive."--Salon.com

"Reads . . . as if David Lynch directed a Raymond Chandler novel."--CNN
"What would you get if that punkish dragon girl Lisbeth Salander met up with Jim Sallis's Lew Griffin walking the back streets of New Orleans? Or Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone transformed herself into a tattooed magnolia driving a 4x4? Clare DeWitt, that's what you'd get . . . DeWitt's mesmerizing character and memorable voice take your breath away."--New Orleans Times-Picayune

This knock-out start to a bracingly original new series features Claire DeWitt, the world's greatest PI--at least, that's what she calls herself. A one-time teen detective in Brooklyn, she is a follower of the esoteric French detective Jacques Silette, whose mysterious handbook D?tection inspired Claire's unusual practices. Claire also has deep roots in New Orleans, where she was mentored by Silette's student the brilliant Constance Darling--until Darling was murdered. When a respected DA goes missing she returns to the hurricane-ravaged city to find out why.

"The hard-living, wisecracking titular detective bounces around post-Katrina New Orleans trying to track down a missing prosecutor in this auspicious debut of a new mystery series--and the Big Easy is every bit her equal in sass and flavor."--Elle

"Reminds me why I fell in love with the genre."--Laura Lippman
"I love this book!" -- Sue Grafton

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0547747616
• ISBN13: 9780547747613
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.2" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Amazing! You’ll love this!

I really enjoyed Sara Gran’s Come Closer, so thought I would try this out. So glad I did. Cannot wait to get next two books in the series. Gran’s writing is electric. Characters are unforgettable. Story is unpredictable. Resolution is suitably heartbreaking. Buy this now!

Electric and Endearing

I was hooked and read the entire book in one setting. Claire is my type of PI. This whole series consumed me until I read every word. I'm dying to know more about Claire, Constance, and the mysterious Silette.

Disappointing .Not what I had expected.

I just did not feel New Orleans, or the characters and Claire was especially uninspired . I get Liz Salander and to even see some of her in Claire is a great reach. All in all she is very discombobulated maybe too much booze and pot ?I just could not get interested in any of their lives and neither it seemed could Sara Gran.