Redcoat

A British diplomat is murdered in the French Quarter, run through with a sword. In his hand is a metal button from a 200-year-old British Redcoat's uniform. The FBI and Scotland Yard suspect this is no random murder. A panicked city thinks a ghost walks among them. But the authorities aren't so sure, and they turn to local historian Emma Eaton for help. She reluctantly pulls herself away from a major restoration project at a dilapidated plantation home. Joining her is her eclectic team of researchers: ex-NFL defensive lineman and archaeologist Gibraltar Jones, salty-tongued old nun Sister Gertrude, and dashing Scotland Yard Inspector Tony Spencer. As the body count rises, they begin to connect the murders to the fate of a missing British soldier from the Battle of New Orleans and to a prominent New Orleans family who may have secrets to hide. But as Emma unravels more of the mystery, it puts her closer to an unbelievable truth, and the point of the sword of The Redcoat. Louis Tridico is the author of seven Louisiana-based thriller/mysteries. He grew up in Louisiana's bayou and plantation country, listening to the stories his father and uncles told of the region. They were a huge influence on his current fiction. He began his career in advertising, PR and political consulting and has also served as media spokesman for the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Department. He and his wife live in Texas. For more, visit his website at louistridico.net, or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090244643052.