CELTICLADY'S REVIEWS: Fanny Newcomb and the Irish Channel Ripper by Ana Brazil

Fanny Newcomb and the Irish Channel Ripper by Ana Brazil

Publication Date: November 1, 2017

Sand Hill Review Press

Formats: Paperback & eBook

Genre: Fiction/Historical/Mystery

Gilded Age New Orleans is overrun with prostitutes, pornographers, and a malicious Jack the Ripper copycat. As threatening letters to newspaper editors proclaim, no woman is safe from his blade. Desperate to know who murdered her favorite student, ambitious typewriting teacher Fanny Newcomb launches into a hunt for the self-proclaimed Irish Channel Ripper. Fanny quickly enlists her well-connected employers—Principal Sylvia Giddings and her sister Dr. Olive—to help, and the women forge through saloons, cemeteries, slums, and houses of prostitution in their pursuit. Fanny’s good intentions quickly infuriate her longtime beau Lawrence Decatur, while her reckless persistence confounds the talented police detective Daniel Crenshaw. Reluctantly, Lawrence and Daniel also lend their investigative talents to Fanny’s investigation. As the murderer sets a date for his next heinous crime, can Fanny Newcomb and her crew stop the Irish Channel Ripper before he kills again?

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About the Author

A native of California, Ana Brazil lived in the south for many years. She earned her MA in American history from Florida State University and traveled her way through Mississippi as an architectural historian. Ana loves fried mullet, Greek Revival colonnades, and Miss Welty’s garden. She has a weakness for almost all things New Orleans. (Although she’s not sure just how it happened…but she favors bluegrass over jazz.) The Fanny Newcomb stories celebrate the tenacity, intelligence, and wisdom of the dozens of courageous and outrageous southern women that Ana is proud to call friends. Although Ana, her husband, and their dog Traveller live in the beautiful Oakland foothills, she is forever drawn to the lush mystique of New Orleans, where Fanny Newcomb and her friends are ever prepared to seek a certain justice. For more information, please visit Ana Brazil's website and blog. You can also find her on Facebook, Pinterest and Goodreads.

Blog Tour Schedule

Monday, November 6
Feature at Passages to the Past

Tuesday, November 7
Feature at The Never-Ending Book

Thursday, November 9
Feature at The Bookworm

Sunday, November 12
Review at Carole Rae’s Random Ramblings

Tuesday, November 14
Guest Post at Let Them Read Books

Wednesday, November 15
Guest Post & Excerpt at Historical Fiction with Spirit

Friday, November 17
Review at History From a Woman’s Perspective

Monday, November 20
Guest Post at The Book Junkie Reads

Wednesday, November 22
Interview at The Maiden’s Court

Monday, November 27
Feature at Myths, Legends, Books & Coffee Pots

Friday, December 1
Interview at T’s Stuff

Tuesday, December 5
Feature at Just One More Chapter

Wednesday, December 6
Feature at A Literary Vacation

Sunday, December 10
Review at WS Momma Readers Nook

Wednesday, December 13
Feature at CelticLady’s Reviews

Friday, December 15
Review & Excerpt at Locks, Hooks and Books

Giveaway

During the Blog Tour we will be giving away a paperback copy of Fanny Newcomb and the Irish Channel Ripper! To enter, please enter via the Gleam form below.

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