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Shortlisted for the theakstons crime novel of the year award. Unlike the other previous installment, there is an element of danger for the heroes. Debut novelist ray celestin has based his beguiling crime thriller on the true story of a serial killer who terrorised new orleans for more than a year after the first world war. Ray celestin books list of books by author ray celestin. Ray celestins debut novel, the axemans jazz, won the crime writers associations new blood dagger and was shortlisted for the theakstons crime novel of the year award. His second novel, dead mans blues, was shortlisted for the cwas gold dagger for best crime novel of the year. Beautifully written, the evocative prose brings the jazzfilled, mobruled big easy of preprohibition america to life in glorious effect with a story full of. Explore books by ray celestin with our selection at. The whole installment, is a rollercoaster, especially the poroit case, which will keep the reader guessing who did it to the very end. Inspired by the serial killer thought to have been responsible for 12 murders in new orleans between 1918 and 1919, ray celestin s first novel, the axemans jazz initially stays close to the known facts and includes a letter, published in the newspapers at the time, which was supposedly sent by the original axeman. Based on a real early20thcentury murder spree, the axemans jazz finds detective lieutenant michael talbot hunting the axeman, a serial killer who has made it known that he plans to pass through new orleans and spare the life of anyone playing jazz. Its also been featured as one of the books of the year by both the times and the i newspapers, and was the times book of the month in march.
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