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Straight into the Bayou

Fever Moon
Carolyn Haines
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Minotaur
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Binding: Hardcover

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Ham Bones (A Southern Belle Mystery)
Penumbra
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Judas Burning
Summer Of The Redeemers

ASIN: 0312351615
Release Date: 2007-02-06

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With Penumbra, Carolyn Haines branched out from the cozy Southern mysteries that made her name and into more serious territory. With her next literary crime novel, she moves to 1944 New Iberia, Louisiana, where Henri Bastion, a wealthy plantation owner, has been brutally eviscerated. Deputy Raymond Thibodeaux finds Adele Hebert covered in blood and hovering over the body. When Adele claims to be the loup garou, a legendary Cajun shape shifter disguised as a wolf, and panic ensues in this small town already living under the pressure of wartime poverty, Raymond is determined to prove that shes been framed.

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Straight into the Bayou.......2007-02-15

Carolyn Haines has done it again. With her prose that flows as smoothly as the dark waters of the swamps of Louisiana, she plunges the reader into this land of superstition, spirits and mystery. Haines has always been a story teller of the first degree, but she gets better and better. Don't be misled. This is not one of Haines' golden happy girl tales (see the Delta Mystery Series) though they are wonderful in their own right. Fever Moon keeps the reader on the edge of the page, but don't read it without turning on all the lights.

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Fiddle Fever
Sharon Arms Doucet
Manufacturer: Clarion Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0618776826

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Although it is 1914 and the world is changing all around him, Felix LeBlanc feels trapped on his Louisiana farmhouse, where nothing ever happens. When he hears his uncle, 'Nonc Adolphe, play the fiddle for the first time, he knows there's music in his blood, and he's determined to be a musician, too. However, he's too poor to buy his own fiddle, and to make matters worse, Maman has forbidden him to even touch one, fearing that he'll choose the wayward life of a fiddler. And so Felix begins to build his own fiddle out of a crude cigar box and a piece of cypress wood, keeping it a secret from his family and even his best friend, Chance. It is a solitary journey that will require all of his ingenuity—and place at risk the relationships that are dearest to him. Set against the colorful backdrop of the Cajun bayous, Fiddle Fever relays an important message about the universal need for self-expression and the compromises we must all make in our search for individuality. Glossary of French terms.

Fearful Ravages: Yellow Fever in New Orleans, 1796-1905 (Louisiana Life)

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Fearful Ravages: Yellow Fever in New Orleans, 1796-1905 (Louisiana Life)
Benjamin H. Trask
Manufacturer: Center for Louisiana Studies University Siana
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1887366644

Louisiana Fever: An Andy Broussard/Kit Franklin Mystery (Andy Broussard/Kit Franklyn Mysteries)

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Two Different Kinds Of Death Stalk The Bayous
Out of Africa, Into New Orleans
A Story Of Greed
Why Haven't You Read Broussard & Franklyn Yet?
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Louisiana Fever: An Andy Broussard/Kit Franklin Mystery (Andy Broussard/Kit Franklyn Mysteries)
D. J. Donaldson
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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Blood on the Bayou (An Andy Broussard/Kit Franklin Mystery)

ASIN: 0312962576

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Two Different Kinds Of Death Stalk The Bayous.......2005-04-20

"Louisiana Fever" is the second mystery-thriller I have read in D.J. Donaldson's Andy Broussard/Kit Franklyn series. Andy is a wonderful character. An aging, overweight gourmand, he believes that a good meal with fine wine is better than sex, but prefers his work to either. Broussard is Orleans' Parish Chief Medical Examiner, and not only a distinguished professional, but a superb detective as well. Dr. Kit Franklyn, so far, has proven to be a less interesting figure. She is a criminal psychologist and was the county's first suicide-research investigator. She also detects.

A mystery man has sent Kit a long-stemmed yellow rose for three successive days, always leaving the flower on her porch, where she finds it when she comes home from work. On the third evening, she discovers a note attached to the flower, asking her to meet the sender at Grandma O's Restaurant for lunch the following day. Smiling, she expects her boyfriend, Teddy La Biche, is behind this romantic gesture. Who else? When she enters the restaurant the following afternoon at 1:00 PM, the lunch crowd has thinned and there are only a few stragglers left. Teddy is nowhere in sight. Seated in the rear, an aging white-haired man, dressed in jeans and a khaki shirt, seems to recognize her. He stands to greet her, saying her name, and then collapses on the floor. He dies almost immediately, seemingly from a heart attack. Kit has no idea who he is. However, a photograph of Kit as a schoolgirl is discovered in his wallet.

Within twenty-four hours two more corpses are found, and Chief Broussard begins to see a horrifying connection in all three deaths. A technician, who assisted Andy on the first case, the mysterious heart attack victim who expired in Grandma' O's, accidentally cut her skin through her protective glove during the autopsy. She falls ill with what turns out to be a lethal Ebola type virus - the same one which killed the others. No one knows what the name or the source is. The potential death toll of a viral epidemic centered in New Orleans is chilling.

Adding to the suspense, Kit goes missing, kidnapped, while searching for clues to the identity of the man with the yellow roses. The hunt for the source of the virus, and the search for Kit, will take the reader all over New Orleans, from the docks to the ultimate, violent confrontation deep in the bayous. The folks who people the storyline are good, especially the ones with a touch of Creole, or more, in their blood. And the villain is an exceptionally bad dude, a psychopath, who is calm, focused and deliberate, even under duress - which makes him appear all the more evil. He, and Broussard are by far the best characters. And the analytic work and dialogue that go on during the autopsies are fascinating.

This is a good book, however, I found some of the author's solutions too facile, too contrived. Overall, "Louisiana Fever" does provide a chilling read for the mystery lover.
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Out of Africa, Into New Orleans.......2001-12-13

Ebola-type fever gains a handhold in the City of Lights. The first victim is a rose-bearing admirer of Kit Franklyn, and the expert diagnostician is Andy Broussard. This is my first outing with the duo I have heard so much about. (...) Andy is a treat. He’s not a conventional hero—a mite too heavy, too old, and too curmudgeonly. He wins us with his strength, humor, and doggedness.

The true villain of the piece will chill. He is patient, resourceful and completely focused. The author does a wonderful job of describing near misses by the villain while the characters are blissfully unaware of their brushes with death. The gradual discovery of what is killing these victims raises the suspense level and contributes to fast page turning. The New Orleans descriptions are done with the eye of a native; no bland touristy snapshots intrude.

The autopsy scenes are quite intense (read before eating). The plot has some extraneous genealogy that I found tiresome. (...) However, it’s a good, fast, interesting read, and I look forward to reading more about Andy & Kit.

A Story Of Greed.......2000-12-06

Kit Franklin receives an invitation to meet a mysterious admirer at Grandma O's Restaurant. She is curious because the unknown suitor has been sending roses to her for three straight days. When Kit arrives at the restaurant, she is greeted by a sixtyish stranger who speaks her name and then promptly collapses. The man later dies in a hospital of unknown causes. Then Kit disappears and the authorities suspect she is a kidnap victim. On one level this book is about greed and the harm caused by families trying too hard to bury secrets from the past. There are just enough strands to the story to make it interesting but not too confusing.

Why Haven't You Read Broussard & Franklyn Yet?.......2000-08-22

In this installment of the Kit Franklin/Andy Broussard Mystery Series, Andy's hash is in the deep-fat fryer and it's up to Kit to save him. The only problem is that Kit's been kidnaped.

Add to that the deepening mysteries surrounding Kit's origins, romance trouble and a deadly virus, and you get a rich mystery steeped in medical examiner lore and true human feelings.

I appreciate the author's no-nonsense writing style and his quirky, but not over-the-top, cast of characters. Of late, the New Orleans Mystery has become a cliche, riddled with parades, politics, French Quarter dining and Bourbon Street debauchery. Donaldson eschews the gimmicks and serves up sensible, well-written stories using New Orleans, a city he obviously loves, almost as a character. Donaldson's mysteries feel like real life (albeit a life I wouldn't want to live) and his characters feel like people who live there, instead of tourists.

Donaldson seems to have stopped writing the Broussard/Franklin mysteries (he's now writing medical thrillers as Don Donaldson) so you can be sad that it's all over or be thrilled that this is a series you can read, start to finish, without having to wait for some slow-poke writer to release the next installment. Give it a try...you'll like it.

Such A Fabulous Series.......2000-03-03

I truly love the Franklyn/Broussard series. One reason is because Donaldson does not "dumb down" the technical aspect of the books in regard to Andy's work (coroner for New Orleans). The other reason is because, as a reader of this series from the beginning, I have seen the relationship between Andy and Kit grow and develop with each passing book. And also, I have gotten to know a little bit more about the characters with each book. I can hardly wait until he writes a new one. I highly recommend this series if interested in intelligent mysteries.

Saffron Scourge: A History of Yellow Fever in Louisiana 1796-1905

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Saffron Scourge: A History of Yellow Fever in Louisiana 1796-1905
Carrigan
Manufacturer: University of Southwestern Louisiana, Center
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0940984865

Yellow Flag: The Civil War Journal of Surgeon's Steward C. Marion Dodson

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Yellow Flag: The Civil War Journal of Surgeon's Steward C. Marion Dodson

Manufacturer: Maryland Historical Society
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Binding: Paperback

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The American Plague: The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, the Epidemic that Shaped Our History

ASIN: 0938420798
Release Date: 2005-03-22

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In March 1864, C. Marion Dodson left his comfortable home on Maryland's Eastern Shore to join the U.S. Navy as a pharmacist. Barely weeks after joining a Union fleet on blockade in the Gulf of Mexico, another ship in the squadron raised the “Yellow Flag” , the signal that the dreaded yellow fever had stricken its crew. They desperately needed medical help, his captain told Dodson. Someone had to go aboard and wager his life against the deadly unknown.
Encounters with a comely Rebel “belle” in New Orleans and the explosive pursuit of the formidable C.S.S. William H. Webb make this lively and informative diary a memorable voyage for all readers of Civil War literature.

Three neurologic pictures of West Nile disease. (Study of Louisiana Outbreak).(Brief Article): An article from: Family Practice News

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Three neurologic pictures of West Nile disease. (Study of Louisiana Outbreak).(Brief Article): An article from: Family Practice News
Miriam E. Tucker
Manufacturer: International Medical News Group
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B0008G0XTO
Release Date: 2005-07-30

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This digital document is an article from Family Practice News, published by International Medical News Group on December 15, 2002. The length of the article is 847 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Three neurologic pictures of West Nile disease. (Study of Louisiana Outbreak).(Brief Article)
Author: Miriam E. Tucker
Publication: Family Practice News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 15, 2002
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 32 Issue: 24 Page: 24(1)

Article Type: Brief Article

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Texas fever: Being a general summary of our knowledge of the subject to date (Louisiana Bulletin)

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Texas fever: Being a general summary of our knowledge of the subject to date (Louisiana Bulletin)
W. H. (William Haddock) Dalrymple
Manufacturer: Louisiana State University and A & M College, Agricultural Experiment Station
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0008A0IMC

Bulletin of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the Louisiana State University and A. & M. College. 2nd Series

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Bulletin of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the Louisiana State University and A. & M. College. 2nd Series
H. A Morgan
Manufacturer: Bureau of Agriculture and Immigration
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0008A3ZHC

Report on the epidemics of Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas and Texas, for the years 1854 and 1855, to the American medical association, at the annual meeting in Detroit, Michigan, May, 1856

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Report on the epidemics of Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas and Texas, for the years 1854 and 1855, to the American medical association, at the annual meeting in Detroit, Michigan, May, 1856
Erasmus Darwin Fenner
Manufacturer: T.K. and P.G. Collins
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B00089OCPW

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