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Salon.com \u003cbr\u003e The book is beautifully written in a tight, quirky style that distinguishes Gran as one of the more original writers working today. Bruce DeSilva, Associated Press \u003cbr\u003e One of the genre s most original characters in years, reads . . . like if David Lynch directed a Raymond Chandler novel. CN \u003cbr\u003eClaire DeWitt believes she is the world s greatest PI, even if few agree with her. A one-time teen detective in Brooklyn, she is a follower of the esoteric French detective Jacques Silette, whose mysterious handbook \u003ci\u003eDetection \u003c\/i\u003einspired Claire s unusual practices. \u003cbr\u003eClaire also has deep roots in New Orleans, where she was mentored by Silette s student the brilliant Constance Darling until Darling was murdered. When a respected DA goes missing she returns to the hurricane-ravaged city to find out why. \u003ci\u003eClaire DeWitt and the City of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e is a knockout start to a bracingly original new series. \u003cbr\u003e The hard-living, wisecracking titular detective bounces around post-Katrina New Orleans trying to track down a missing prosecutor in this auspicious debut of a new mystery series and the Big Easy is every bit her equal in sass and flavor. \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e What would you get if that punkish dragon girl Lisbeth Salander met up with Jim Sallis s Lew Griffin walking the back streets of New Orleans? Or Sue Grafton s Kinsey Millhone transformed herself into a tattooed magnolia driving a 4x4? Clare DeWitt, that s what you d get . . . DeWitt s mesmerizing character and memorable voice take your breath away. \u003ci\u003eNew Orleans Times-Picayune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Just when I begin to despair that the PI novel has worn out its welcome, a writer with a fresh take reminds me why I fell in love with the genre. Sara Gran has long specialized in shaking up and revitalizing other corners of the genre world, so it s no surprise that she performs this same magic in \u003ci\u003eClaire DeWitt and the City of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e. 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