Hell or High Water: A Novel: 1 (Nola Céspedes Novels 1)

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 Nolas work leads her into a violent criminal underworld shes 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 whats been broken?. Vividly rendered in razor-sharp prose this haunting thriller is a riveting journey of trust betrayed―and the courageous struggle to rebuild.