It's 1950, and as the French Quarter of New Orleans simmers with secrets, seventeen-year-old Josie Moraine is silently stirring a pot of her own. Known among locals as the daughter of a brothel prostitute, Josie wants more out of life than the Big Easy has to offer. She devises a plan get out, but a mysterious death in the Quarter leaves Josie tangled in an investigation that will challenge her allegiance to her mother, her conscience, and Willie Woodley, the brusque madam on Conti Street. Josie is caught between the dream of an elite college and a clandestine underworld. New Orleans lures her in her quest for truth, dangling temptation at every turn, and escalating to the ultimate test.
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ISBN:9781101607800
ISBN:1101607807
ISBN:9780141347356
ISBN:014134735X
ISBN:0147508436
ISBN:9780147508430
Physical Description:remote 1 online resource
Publisher:New York : Philomel Books/Penguin Group (USA), 2013.