New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2011) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first crime novel, introducing Cliff St James, a former cop and mixed martial arts coach, who becomes a private investigator in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and the devasting damage it did to New Orleans. In a city overwhelmed with murder and mayhem, the last murder before a Category 5 hurricane wiped out New Orleans was quickly forgotten and remained unsolved. Until St. James was hired to look into it. 307 pp. ISBN: 978-0312581817.