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Outside Child
Pre-Katrina New Orleans: Ladonis Washington finds success within her grasp
after the grisly death of her business mentor. But is she willing to risk
her brother’s life in her search for the truth?
When Tim Ganen ends up in the blades of a New Orleans paddle boat, a grieving Ladonis finds opportunity. Tim was her mentor, a white man willing to advise and guide a young, ambitious, well-educated black woman who grew up in the Magnolia Housing Project. Now his death—the manner of his death and his secrets—opens a door to promotion and success.
But Ladonis is in over her head from the start. Floating Palace Steamboat Company CEO Bret Collins and Marketing Vice President Lamar Kasdan force Ladonis into their personal worlds of rivalry and deceit. Her initial forays place her in increasing jeopardy. Only her brother HeartTrouble seems able to rescue and deliver her from the villains and the dangers they threaten.
HeartTrouble comes to her aid with intelligence, street experience, even attitude. In any other circumstances, Ladonis would have rejected her younger brother’s street smarts. Will he renew Ladonis' understanding in the values she has scorned and abandoned, and, in turn, discover value in her ambitions? Not before sister and brother face death together.
In Outside Child, Alice Wilson-Fried has written a debut mystery novel that reveals more than circumstances of murder and its resolution. Alice opens up a veiled world of racial, political, and economic discord, and takes readers on a tour of a place and society that has raised questions and enlivened curiosity since the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.
Outside Child has earned the following accolades:
- Silver Medalist, 2008 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPYs) - Best Regional Fiction (South) category
- Finalist, 2008 Next Generation Indie Book Awards - Mystery/Suspense and Regional Fiction categories
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| Hardcover: ISBN-13: 978-0-9772081-2-8 ISBN-10: 0-9772081-2-5 Price: $24.95 (U.S.A.) |
Trade Paperback: ISBN-13: 978-0-9772081-3-5 ISBN-10: 0-9772081-3-3 Price: $15.95 (U.S.A.) |
305 pages
Fiction/Mystery
Publication Date: September 2007
KOMENAR Publishing
Outside Child is available now in hardcover and trade paperback at your
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