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Hi Derek

Just a quick note to let you know that my new novel, Dirty Little Angels, is now available. Thought you might be interested since you're from NOLA. I was born and raised in New Orleans, and the novel is actually set there. Here's a summary in case you're interested:

Set in the slums of New Orleans, among clusters of crack houses and abandoned buildings, Dirty Little Angels is the story of sixteen year old Hailey Trosclair. When the Trosclair family suffers a string of financial hardships and a miscarriage, Hailey finds herself looking to God to save her family. When her prayers go unanswered, Hailey puts her faith in Moses Watkins, a failed preacher and ex-con. Fascinated by Moses's lopsided view of religion, Hailey, and her brother Cyrus, begin spending time down at an abandoned bank that Moses plans to convert into a drive-through church. Gradually, though, Moses's twisted religious beliefs become increasingly more violent, and Hailey and Cyrus soon find themselves trapped in a world of danger and fear from which there may be no escape.

If you'd like to read the first chapter, you can read it here:
http://christophertusa.com/blog/?page_id...

Take care,

Chris
Thanks for flagging my library. I actually know a young man currently at Tulane. And yay for college radio!

- Bob
Hi, Derek, thanks for "interesting" my library. Nice to meet someone from New Orleans, and Tulane no less... I don't suppose our paths crossed much (I was in the Medical School), but then again, it's a small world.
We share 67 different works? Are you sure you still have them? (puts away my lock picking kit)
Yeah Yeah. I still have piles of books in my office I've yanked off the shelves to be entered into the LibraryThing. I have a habit of paying attention to the children instead. Silly me. *smile*
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