Ray Coleman returns to his dead aunt's house on Arabella Street in New Orleans, hoping to overcome a case of writer's block. He gets an idea for an article while riding on a St. Charles Avenue streetcar. He ends up without an article and dead in his swimming pool. Lt. PJ Ryan, homicide detective and ex military cop, quickly determines Coleman's death wasn't accidental. He was murdered by someone looking for information. Ryan is left with two questions. What did the murderer want and what was worth killing for? Several days later, a friend of Coleman is found dead in his pool in the French...