The Jack Lynch New Orleans Trilogy Boxed Set: Volumes I-III

A New York Times Notable Book Series From An EDGAR And SHAMUS AWARD-WINNING AuthorThe stench of corruption and old-school Louisiana politics permeates this life-and-death, action-packed trilogy from a New Orleans that no longer exists.It’s an old New Orleans, a pre-Katrina New Orleans, a place still haunted by the ghosts of Huey Long and his political heirs. Before internet and cell phones and social media, a New Orleans that—unlike the New Orleans of today—deserved its reputation as The Big Easy.Former investigative reporter Jack Lynch sold out to the dark side and became a public relations expert ( flack) for the First Interstate Bank of Louisiana. His special, magical talent is to take public relations disasters and turn them around to do the least amount of damage to his clients.Jack Lynch is the consummate spinmeister. He’s the gourmet chef who proves you can make chicken salad out of chicken effluent. If you need lipstick on a pig, he’s the guy to call.And yet as cynical, burnt-out, and disillusioned as he is, there’s a strong moral code at work in Jack Lynch. Despite his twisted career path, his integrity is intact, and once he sets out in dogged pursuit of the truth, nothing gets in his way.MURPHY’S FAULTJack Lynch’s boss at the First Interstate Bank of Louisiana, William Jennings, is working on the biggest deal of his long, corrupt, and lucrative career. He’s built an empire out of the putrid, steamy Louisiana swamps and the corrupt backrooms of New Orleans. Only now that empire and the biggest deal Jennings has ever made is threatened. The Iris Ghetto—the most impoverished, crime-ridden, drug-infested project in The Big Easy—is going to be redeveloped and gentrified. Jennings is going to buy it all, tear it down, and redevelop it in the biggest slum clearance and real estate grab in New Orleans history.There’s one small hitch, though. One of Jennings’ cronies is trying to block the deal. When Jack Lynch sets out to find out why, shattered illusions and long-buried lies lead to murder and revenge in this tale of politics and corruption.SMASH It’s a spicy Cajun-flavored smashup as Louisiana corruption and politics collide headlong with the world of indie filmmaking in Smash the second volume in The Jack Lynch New Orleans Trilogy and the sequel to the New York Times Notable Book Murphy’s Fault.Jack, now freelancing, is hired by his old employer to try and save a deal to finance an independent film studio. The only problem is the filmmaker—Korean cult shock/schlock director Andrew Kwang—has such a terrible reputation that even Lynch struggles to put a shine on this mountain of effluent. Kwang’s movies are trashy, cheap, exploitative, and extremely profitable.When Kwang is accused of murdering the one person who stands in his way—the volatile head of the Louisiana Film Commission and the Governor’s daughter—Jack steps in to find the real murderer and save the multi-million dollar deal.See why Publisher’s Weekly called Smash a “fine second mystery to feature public relations expert Jack Lynch.”THE SOFTWARE BOMBFrom the moss-covered, tree-lined avenues of The Garden District to the steamy, gin-and-sin soaked back alleys of The Vi View Less