Hell or High Water

Fast-paced atmospheric and with a knockout twist Hell or High Water features an unforgettable heroine as fascinating and multilayered as New Orleans itself.Nola Céspedes an ambitious young reporter at the Times-Picayune finally catches a break: an assignment to write her first full-length feature. While investigating her story about registered sex offenders she also becomes fixated on the search for a missing tourist in the French Quarter. As Nola''s work leads her into a violent criminal underworld she''s forced to face disturbing truths from her own past in the Upper Ninth Ward and is confronted with the question: In the aftermath of devastation who is responsible for rebuilding what''s been broken?Vividly rendered in razor-sharp prose this haunting thriller is a riveting journey of trust betrayed―and the courageous struggle to rebuild.