About This Book
A downturn in cotton futures causes well known attorney Stuart Jefferson and his wife Marsha to move in with their son, Ban, in the French Quarter thinking his "great American novel" is ready for publication. It is not. Instead, Ben, is being shafted by his married lover, Cynthia, who has been partially supporting him. Cynthia's husband, Julian, is a prominent cosmetic surgeon in New Orleans and is having her watched. Eve, Ben's singer "girlfriend" and part time poker player in a crocked game run by a ranking policemen, moves into Ben's bungalow to help with bills and Marsha begins painting old crockery from French Quarter bungalows under rehab to sell in shops around Jackson Square. Stuart is unemployable, becomes depressed and begins drinking. He "falls in love" with Eve and wrongly thinks she loves him. In her spare time, Marsha finishes Ben's book and, using her connections, gets it accepted by a NY publisher. A mistaken identity causes Stuart to be attacked by thugs representing Cynthia's husband. Ben, selling weed to bring in money, is arrested. Eve tries to get him released. Stuart fails in an attempted suicide. Cynthia is killed and Ben is charged with her murder. Stuart is given permission to represent him. Marsha gets Captain Joe, the newspaper publisher, from their home town, to help investigate And Stuart agrees to help him in his fight against a corrupt iphone company.
