Synopses & Reviews
Maureen Coughlins life has changed in more ways than one. She is starting over in New Orleans as a newly minted member of the police force, but her transition from cocktail waitress to cop hasnt gone as smoothly as shed hoped. To her commanding officers amusement, Maureen kicks off her final week of field training by taking a punch to the face as a panicked suspect flees an apartment building, leaving behind several guns and a stash of pot. But out on the street, on the fringes of the action, Maureen sees something transpire that leaves her shaken, and shes sure theres more to this story than meets the eye.
As Maureen embarks on a dangerous hunt for answers, Bill Loehfelm guides us around the Crescent Citys hidden corners and into its darkest outposts. The result is The Devil in Her Way: a propulsive thriller as electrifying as the city itself.
Review
“The most engaging cop to battle the bad guys of the Crescent City since James Lee Burkes Dave Robicheaux.”—The New Orleans Times Picayune
“Bill Loehfelm, a rising star in crime fiction, just keeps rising higher....Maureen Coughlin is a hero for the ages.”—Laura Lippman
“The Devil in Her Way succeeds by placing an intriguing heroine in a fascinating city.”—The Washington Post
“Punches are flying from page one of this electric thriller.”—The Daily Beast
“Beautifully written...[New Orleans] has been the setting for a couple of outstanding crime novels, including James Lee Burkes The Tin Roof Blowdown and Sara Grans quirky Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead. Loehfelms The Devil in Her Way measures up to that standard and then some.”—Bruce DeSilva, Associated Press
“The Devil She Knows is nothing short of terrific. An absolutely original voice, and a story that grabs you by the throat and doesnt ever, ever, ever even think of letting go.”—John Lescroart, author of Nothing but the Truth
Review
“The Devil in Her Way succeeds by placing an intriguing heroine in a fascinating city.”—The Washington Post
“Punches are flying from page one of this electric thriller.”—The Daily Beast
“Beautifully written...[New Orleans] has been the setting for a couple of outstanding crime novels, including James Lee Burkes The Tin Roof Blowdown and Sara Grans quirky Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead. Loehfelms The Devil in Her Way measures up to that standard and then some.”—Bruce DeSilva, Associated Press
“Loehfelms storytelling shines amid the muted action and the nuance: Maureen gets to know the city shes up against, and gets a little further along in getting to know herself.”—The New Orleans Times-Picayune
“Excellent...Loehfelm meshes graceful prose with edgy suspense.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Crime aficionados will love The Devil in Her Way.”—Booklist (starred review)
“Bill Loehfelms razor-sharp The Devil in Her Way is everything you want a crime novel to be: morally twisty, richly textured, and filled with soul. And perhaps its greatest gift is the battered-but-not-broken Maureen Coughlin, a hero with whom we will go anywhere.”—Megan Abbott, author of Dare Me
“The Devil in Her Way is not only Bill Loehfelms best book yet—it may just be the best mystery novel to come out of post-Katrina New Orleans since James Lee Burkes The Tin Roof Blowdown. I can offer no higher praise than to say that I finished it and wanted to read more. A gem.”—John Connolly, New York Times bestselling author of The Wrath of Angels
“Through the eyes of a rookie cop, Bill Loehfelm takes us on a deep, gritty tour of the New Orleans tourists never see. I love The Devil in Her Way and cant wait for Loehfelms next.”—Sara Gran, author of Claire DeWitt and the Bohemian Highway
“The Devil in Her Way has it all: rapid-fire pacing, dialogue that crackles, an artful depiction of the streets of New Orleans, and—in Maureen Coughlin—an utterly authentic, memorable protagonist. Bill Loehfelm is a terrific writer.”—Alafair Burke, author of Never Tell
“Bill Loehfelm, a rising star in crime fiction, just keeps rising higher....Maureen Coughlin is a hero for the ages.”—Laura Lippman
Praise for the Devil She Knows:
“The Devil She Knows is nothing short of terrific. An absolutely original voice, and a story that grabs you by the throat and doesnt ever, ever, ever even think of letting go.”—John Lescroart, author of Nothing but the Truth
“A rousing tale with riveting characters.”—People
“The conspiracy in [The Devil She Knows] is on a smaller scale—and is all the more menacing for being so intimate.”—The Wall Street Journal
“Maureen Coughlin [is] the character of the year.”—The New Orleans Times-Picayune
About the Author
Bill Loehfelm is the author of The Devil She Knows, Bloodroot, and Fresh Kills, the first winner of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. He lives in New Orleans with his wife, the writer AC Lambeth. He plays drums in the Ibervillains, a rock-and-soul cover band.