[Review] Rampart Street - David Fulmer

Title of Book: Rampart Street
Series: Storyville #3
Author: David Fulmer
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication Year: 2006
Language: English
Format: Hardback
Pages: 336

As the third Storyville mystery begins, Creole detective Valentin St. Cyr has just returned to New Orleans. Having only recently solved the case of the jass murders, he is drawn reluctantly into the investigation of a new murder- that of a well-to-do gentleman on seedy Rampart Street. Then another wealthy society man turns up dead, and the detective learns that the two victims were acquainted years ago. In a spider's web of coincidence, the second murder has been witnessed-or has it?-by the man who's now keeping Justine, Valentin's old girlfriend, as his paramour. Valentin probes deeper even as the city's most powerful leaders pressure him to drop the investigation. What could he be getting close to, and what nerves might he unwittingly strike?

[Review] Jass - David Fulmer

Title of Book: Jass
Series: Storyville #2
Author: David Fulmer
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication Year: 2005
Language: English
Format: Hardback
Pages: 352

In the rowdy red-light district of Storyville, four players of the new music they call "jass" have turned up dead. When Creole detective Valentin St. Cyr begins to investigate, he discovers that every one of the victims once played in the same band, and the only one left alive has gone into hiding.

As he digs deeper, Valentin becomes convinced that a shadowy woman is the key to the mystery. His efforts to find her touch nerves, and soon Tom Anderson, known as the "King of Storyville," police lieutenant J. Picot, and even the mayor of New Orleans want him off the case. It's all the proof Valentin needs that there is something even larger and darker at the heart of this sordid business.

2015 Reading Challenges Wrap Up Post

2015 has come and gone. Now that we're entering 2016, it'll be ideal to wrap up all the reading challenges in 2015 that I participated in. There are three reading challenges that I participated in, which are the nonfiction, the ebook, and the manga/ graphic novel challenge. My sign up post for those challenges can be read here. Without further ado let's get on with it, shall we?

2015 Nonfiction Reading Challenge

For this challenge, I chose Dilettante level which is to read 1-5 nonfiction books. I read 3 nonfiction books. Two of them I didn't write reviews and one I've scheduled to post in January(? probably).

• The Naked Traveler: 1 Year Round the World Trip Part 1 by Trinity 
• The Naked Traveler: 1 Year Round the World Trip Part 2 by Trinity
• Yes Please by Amy Poehler