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Death, Drugs, Darkness

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Maybe Sara Gran's Claire DeWitt and the Bohemian Highway should come with a warning label; the goings-on in Claire's second outing edge into the realms of 'dark and nasty...' and things just keep getting worse. Three excellent reviews: Hipster Noir: Sara Gran’s Claire DeWitt Novels American Mystery Finds A New Voice On 'The … [Read more...]

Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead

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Ostensibly, the story is this: Claire DeWitt is hired to find out what's happened to a well-known prosecutor who's disappeared from New Orleans in the wake of hurricane Katrina. As the story progresses, we begin to realize that Claire's past is a tangle of unsolved mysteries. Frequent flashbacks highlight mysteries originating in … [Read more...]

Sara Gran’s Claire DeWitt

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Who wouldn't be intrigued by "...a coke-snorting, fitfully bisexual, Zen-koan-spouting San Francisco detective [who] buries herself in her work...?" That's Michael Bourne's take on Claire DeWitt in 'Hipster Noir: Sara Gran’s Claire DeWitt Novels' (a millions.com article). But he doesn't stop there. He goes on to describe DeWitt … [Read more...]

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