Hell or High Water

I picked up a hardback copy of this book from a bargain book sale and boy, did I get a deal! This is a tightly written thriller set in post-Katrina New Orleans, and by the time I was finished reading it, I was ready to book the next flight south to "The Big Easy". Nola Cespides is the gutsy, gritty a......more

The book jacket promises: A gripping, rich psychological thriller set in post-Katrina New Orleans that introduces an intense and spellbinding protagonist. Allowing for the usual hyperbole, this isn’t too far off the mark. Nola Cespedes is a reporter at the Times-Picayune, trying hard to get off the “......more

3.5 stars......more

**This was first posted on Chick Lit Central. A new summer thriller is out and this one may scare you into sleeping with the lights on. Nola Cespedes is a young, ambitious New Orleans Times-Picayune news reporter, sick of covering fluff stories about the latest happenings in bars, fashions and galleri......more

I really loved parts of this book. I loved Nola. I loved the twist. I loved her views of New Orleans, and I even loved the way she tackled the topic of sex crimes and sex offenders who either checked in or went off the grid after Katrina. I loved the hope we are left with at the end. I have some tro......more