4th in the Chanse MacLeod mystery series. Chanse is hired by a Hollywood power couple who has moved to New Orleans. They are big advocates for the rebuilding after the hurricane. He's been hired because they are receiving threatening e-mails. It soon turns into a media circus as the man's ex-wife is found murdered. Not near as dark as the previous one. A bit easier to figure or clues were more obvious in this one than other in the series as well. ( )

Rating: 3.75* of five

The Publisher Says: As New Orleans continues to rebuild in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Chanse MacLeod becomes involved in a high profile case involving a golden couple of Hollywood who have committed themselves to helping New Orleans recover.

My Review: Chanse is the tortured hero, broken and cracked and split but keeping on moving forward. Stopping would mean thinking, reliving the awful end of the last entry in the series. That pain is, it seems, endless. Chanse, the big strong man who's omnicompetent like MacGyver, carries his hurts quietly, but at least he's going to therapy.

This story isn't quite up to the characters telling it. It's not bad. It's interesting, it's exciting, but...I don't quite know what to mention...there's something missing, perhaps because there's no romantic interest for our titillation...?

At all events, I'm into the series too deep to back out. The final book is already out, series-o-philes! No surprises!

Pardon me, I need to get to Death in the Arts District. ( )

Chanse MacLeod is hired by a topnotch Hollywood couple to investigate some threatening emails the husband is receiving. He traces them to the husband's ex-wife's computer and the ex-wife is then murdered. A media feeding frenzy breaks out.

It was pretty easy to guess at least part of the truth behind this mystery. I did feel uneasy about the threat to the life Chanse had built for himself from the media. It cut a bit too close to the bone for comfort. ( )

Chanse MacLeod gets involved with the famous and the beautiful people of movies and films: actor Freddy gets threatening hate mails and he and his wife (together they are called Frillian, not Brangelina) want Chanse to find out who is sending those mails. Well, within a day that is m
Ore or less solved, but then the murders start. Is the famous couple involved or are they a victim in a life threatening plot?
It's all well written and the characters are good but I always find it kind of disturbing when it takes the detective some 50 pages (to say the least) longer until he finds out about somebody who is so very suspicious all along.
I'ld say: good detective but please, don't give away too much too soon. Some hints are just to obvious to be ignored. ( )