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Cafferty & Quinn #3.7
Big Easy Evil
Halloween in the Big Easy . . . Does evil really exist?
Michael Quinn and Danni Cafferty are far too familiar with the question. At the death of her father, Danni inherited his house and shop on Royal Street in New Orleans—and much more than she ever anticipated, including a book kept by her family for generations on how to combat the most unusual forces. As Halloween approaches, Quinn is already nervous—he knows what the season can bring. Even as Danni tries to convince him that very good things can happen as well, a man arrives in their kitchen, seeking their very special assistance. Sean DeMille is a lover of decoration and costume—and all things Halloween—until the body of a murdered man shows up in the midst of his backyard ‘cemetery.’ With an axe in his head. Could the infamous Axe-man of New Orleans have found his way back after nearly a century? Or is just the insidious at work, a spirit or demon filtering into an object or a person and creating the mayhem all over again? With the help of their odd team, Danni and Quinn must find the truth behind the strange happenings haunting the city—lest they fall prey to that very strange evil themselves.
Michael Quinn and Danni Cafferty are far too familiar with the question. At the death of her father, Danni inherited his house and shop on Royal Street in New Orleans—and much more than she ever anticipated, including a book kept by her family for generations on how to combat the most unusual forces. As Halloween approaches, Quinn is already nervous—he knows what the season can bring. Even as Danni tries to convince him that very good things can happen as well, a man arrives in their kitchen, seeking their very special assistance. Sean DeMille is a lover of decoration and costume—and all things Halloween—until the body of a murdered man shows up in the midst of his backyard ‘cemetery.’ With an axe in his head. Could the infamous Axe-man of New Orleans have found his way back after nearly a century? Or is just the insidious at work, a spirit or demon filtering into an object or a person and creating the mayhem all over again? With the help of their odd team, Danni and Quinn must find the truth behind the strange happenings haunting the city—lest they fall prey to that very strange evil themselves.
128 pages, Paperback
First published October 24, 2017
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Heather Graham
659 books6,828 followersAlso published as Heather Graham Pozzessere and Shannon Drake.
New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Heather Graham majored in theater arts at the University of South Florida. After a stint of several years in dinner theater, back-up vocals, and bartending, she stayed home after the birth of her third child and began to write, working on short horror stories and romances. After some trial and error, she sold her first book, WHEN NEXT WE LOVE, in 1982 and since then, she has written over one hundred novels and novellas including category, romantic suspense, historical romance, vampire fiction, time travel, occult, and Christmas holiday fare. She wrote the launch books for the Dell's Ecstasy Supreme line, Silhouette's Shadows, and for Harlequin's mainstream fiction imprint, Mira Books.
Heather was a founding member of the Florida Romance Writers chapter of RWA and, since 1999, has hosted the Romantic Times Vampire Ball, with all revenues going directly to children's charity.
She is pleased to have been published in approximately twenty languages, and to have been honored with awards frorn Waldenbooks. B. Dalton, Georgia Romance Writers, Affaire de Coeur, Romantic Times, and more. She has had books selected for the Doubleday Book Club and the Literary Guild, and has been quoted, interviewed, or featured in such publications as The Nation, Redbook, People, and USA Today and appeared on many newscasts including local television and Entertainment Tonight.
Heather loves travel and anything have to do with the water, and is a certitified scuba diver. Married since high school graduation and the mother of five, her greatest love in life remains her family, but she also believes her career has been an incredible gift, and she is grateful every day to be doing something that she loves so very much for a living.
New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Heather Graham majored in theater arts at the University of South Florida. After a stint of several years in dinner theater, back-up vocals, and bartending, she stayed home after the birth of her third child and began to write, working on short horror stories and romances. After some trial and error, she sold her first book, WHEN NEXT WE LOVE, in 1982 and since then, she has written over one hundred novels and novellas including category, romantic suspense, historical romance, vampire fiction, time travel, occult, and Christmas holiday fare. She wrote the launch books for the Dell's Ecstasy Supreme line, Silhouette's Shadows, and for Harlequin's mainstream fiction imprint, Mira Books.
Heather was a founding member of the Florida Romance Writers chapter of RWA and, since 1999, has hosted the Romantic Times Vampire Ball, with all revenues going directly to children's charity.
She is pleased to have been published in approximately twenty languages, and to have been honored with awards frorn Waldenbooks. B. Dalton, Georgia Romance Writers, Affaire de Coeur, Romantic Times, and more. She has had books selected for the Doubleday Book Club and the Literary Guild, and has been quoted, interviewed, or featured in such publications as The Nation, Redbook, People, and USA Today and appeared on many newscasts including local television and Entertainment Tonight.
Heather loves travel and anything have to do with the water, and is a certitified scuba diver. Married since high school graduation and the mother of five, her greatest love in life remains her family, but she also believes her career has been an incredible gift, and she is grateful every day to be doing something that she loves so very much for a living.
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October 15, 2018
“Evil exists and evil lives and evil finds roots in those who have the hearts and souls to encourage and nurture its growth.”
It is Halloween and there are creepy decorations all over the place. But the mutilated body of an old man with an ax in his head is no decoration. It is real. But is there a real flesh and blood murderer lurking around or the old man has fallen victim to sinister forces, untraceable and indestructible?
November 9, 2017
Creepy story, needs another round of proof reading, though.
November 6, 2017
Another great Cafferty & Quinn book. Perfectly creepy!
November 13, 2017
Big easy evil cafferty & Quinn
This is another winner. I just love this author. She writes wonderful storylines and great characters in every one of her books. I highly recommend all her 200 books. Right now I have 30 books in my kindle. Diana Romano.
This is another winner. I just love this author. She writes wonderful storylines and great characters in every one of her books. I highly recommend all her 200 books. Right now I have 30 books in my kindle. Diana Romano.
February 4, 2018
3 stars.
Another short story. This time Cafferty and Quinn are dealing with the legend of the Axeman of New Orleans. The ending was a bit too quick and left a lot of questions unanswered, especially on the motives of the perpetrators. Seems too easy just to say it's "evil".
Another short story. This time Cafferty and Quinn are dealing with the legend of the Axeman of New Orleans. The ending was a bit too quick and left a lot of questions unanswered, especially on the motives of the perpetrators. Seems too easy just to say it's "evil".
January 27, 2018
Good read
Although I didn't enjoy this short story as much as others I've read by Heather Graham's, it was still a good read. There were several typos that distracted me and kept me from diving too deep into the story.
Although I didn't enjoy this short story as much as others I've read by Heather Graham's, it was still a good read. There were several typos that distracted me and kept me from diving too deep into the story.
October 30, 2019
Totally went out of sequence with this book but I understood everything and jumping into this novella without knowing the other story lines worked perfect. You don’t have to have read the others to enjoy this little bit of paranormal horror.
November 28, 2017
Another entertaining entry in the Cafferty & Quinn series. This time, Danni and Quinn have to help solve a murder reminiscent of an old, unsolved case from the earliest days of the 20th Century: the New Orleans Axe-man.
As usual, there are elements of the occult ... because Danni's shop, The Cheshire Cat, is just the kind of place that attracts such things. The big artifacts in this story are Mr. and Mrs. Devil Demon ... a pair of dressed mannequins who may ore may not be more than they seem to be.
A fun, not-too-long read that lovers of New Orleans history will find charming and disturbing at the same time.
As usual, there are elements of the occult ... because Danni's shop, The Cheshire Cat, is just the kind of place that attracts such things. The big artifacts in this story are Mr. and Mrs. Devil Demon ... a pair of dressed mannequins who may ore may not be more than they seem to be.
A fun, not-too-long read that lovers of New Orleans history will find charming and disturbing at the same time.
October 22, 2018
I saved this book for Halloween. It's Cafferty and Quinn...a beloved couple of Heather Graham.
I ran into some typos, nothing too serious...it may have been hurried or something.
If you are looking for a quick read for the Halloween season, this is a good one. Has just enough creepiness to add to the season.
I ran into some typos, nothing too serious...it may have been hurried or something.
If you are looking for a quick read for the Halloween season, this is a good one. Has just enough creepiness to add to the season.
October 7, 2021
Typos throughout the book; it would have been a charming little story but you couldn't follow it.
December 22, 2017
What is good and what is evil? Can the essence of both linger from beyond the grave? These are questions that the shop owners cum paranormal investigators Cafferty and Quinn are desperate to answer when faced with a series of murders in the days leading up to Halloween in historic New Orleans. A killer is mimicking the legendary Axe-man, who started his grisly deeds a century ago, and is leaving a grisly trail of evidence. There are many suspects on the radar, but since the Axe-man was never caught, who is today's killer and how is he following in his/her footsteps?
Can the spirit of the original Axe-man have returned, and who summoned him? Are the vampire "guardians" taken from the scene of the first murder actually inhabited by good or evil spirits? And will Michael and Danni, with the assistance of their friends, stop the murders before the killer escalates on Halloween night?
Having been only recently introduced to this set of Heather Graham's characters, I was pleasantly surprised by how many twists and turns the story took. Graham, as usual, includes a great deal of insider knowledge into the background of her story, painting a vivid picture of all that is New Orleans from a native's point of view. This setting allows the story to develop in a form that seems natural, despite the subject matter, as the readers are drawn in and left to wonder if they should leave the lights on at night in cases the demons hidden within should leap from the electronic page.
I look forward to investigating the rest of this series for myself.
Can the spirit of the original Axe-man have returned, and who summoned him? Are the vampire "guardians" taken from the scene of the first murder actually inhabited by good or evil spirits? And will Michael and Danni, with the assistance of their friends, stop the murders before the killer escalates on Halloween night?
Having been only recently introduced to this set of Heather Graham's characters, I was pleasantly surprised by how many twists and turns the story took. Graham, as usual, includes a great deal of insider knowledge into the background of her story, painting a vivid picture of all that is New Orleans from a native's point of view. This setting allows the story to develop in a form that seems natural, despite the subject matter, as the readers are drawn in and left to wonder if they should leave the lights on at night in cases the demons hidden within should leap from the electronic page.
I look forward to investigating the rest of this series for myself.
April 12, 2021
Halloween is fast approaching and business is good at Danni Cafferty's oddities shop in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Things get truly scary, though, when Danni and her boyfriend, private investigator Mike Quinn, get pulled into another investigation revolving around the Axeman, putting Danni in danger once again.
New Orleans is the perfect setting for this paranormal mystery series, especially during Halloween! I love the author's descriptions of the "Big Easy"! It's almost as if you are right there along side Danni, Quinn and crew, trying to catch the killer!
New Orleans is the perfect setting for this paranormal mystery series, especially during Halloween! I love the author's descriptions of the "Big Easy"! It's almost as if you are right there along side Danni, Quinn and crew, trying to catch the killer!
December 12, 2017
A fun Halloween paranormal novella in the Cafferty & Quinn series. Unfortunately, the book was so full of typos and other mistakes, that, at times, I had to really cringe. Not a bad book, but by no means it's Heather Graham's best.
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December 28, 2017
This novella was a good addition to the Cafferty & Quinn story. It does assume a bit of knowledge about the back story of the pair as it doesn't have a lot of that. It could have used a bit more development as some of the story seemed to be lacking in detail and explanation that made it a bit confusing. Hopefully, a future story will deal with some of the things that were left unexplained.
January 8, 2019
Michael Quinn and Danni Cafferty are at home when a man comes to them needing their help. A man has been found in his yard with an axe in head reminiscent of the Axeman of New Orleans. In a fight of good versus evil, Danni and Quinn must root out the evil doing these crimes.
This was a great fast read.
This was a great fast read.
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March 25, 2020Another fun read by Heather Graham. Yes, it is a Halloween story but the last thing I want to read is dystopian novels right now. In this one the spirit of New Orleans mass murderer The Ax-man has returned and is killing again, or is he? Someone surely is, and they are using the Ax man's signature method, an ax to the head! Nice and short an easy read and pretty damn good!
September 19, 2023
Slow start
This book began so slowly, I actually put it away three times. I did persevere and get it done. Once it started moving along as I knew a Heather Graham book should it did get rather exciting. The end was worth the drag I think but that needs to be decided by each reader. I found it to be worth reading.
This book began so slowly, I actually put it away three times. I did persevere and get it done. Once it started moving along as I knew a Heather Graham book should it did get rather exciting. The end was worth the drag I think but that needs to be decided by each reader. I found it to be worth reading.
November 11, 2017
Exceptional Story
I absolutely love books by Heather Graham. I try and get every book I can get my hands on that I did not read. I think everyone who loves to 're will enjoy her stories.
I absolutely love books by Heather Graham. I try and get every book I can get my hands on that I did not read. I think everyone who loves to 're will enjoy her stories.
November 20, 2017
Romance and horror mixed.
Another wonderful Cafferty and Quinn. Sweet romance mixed with horror and crime. I love the whole cast of characters, it's like visiting old friends. The story was very well developed for a novella.
Another wonderful Cafferty and Quinn. Sweet romance mixed with horror and crime. I love the whole cast of characters, it's like visiting old friends. The story was very well developed for a novella.
February 26, 2020
Instead of Mardi Gras it is Halloween. I love the history and how they have these stories that relate to the book. It was fast passed and a quick read. Loved all the characters and how they all added to the story.
February 4, 2022
Quick read
Quick read. Very interesting Love Heather's books about NOLA. Always interesting and always suspenseful. Usually read the Krewe of Hunter books it enjoyed this just as much.
Quick read. Very interesting Love Heather's books about NOLA. Always interesting and always suspenseful. Usually read the Krewe of Hunter books it enjoyed this just as much.
April 26, 2022
So Many Twists and Turns!!!!!
I really loved this book because you just never knew where it was taking you next. My favorite characters would have to be Danni, Quinn, and Wolf. This author just never disappoints her readers.
I really loved this book because you just never knew where it was taking you next. My favorite characters would have to be Danni, Quinn, and Wolf. This author just never disappoints her readers.
March 5, 2023
Good verses evil
Well this book was a little different from all the other ones.z but it was still a good one.I like books that includes animals.If you want a good book for Halloween this is it !!
Well this book was a little different from all the other ones.z but it was still a good one.I like books that includes animals.If you want a good book for Halloween this is it !!
November 9, 2023
A fun read
I love Heather Graham books. They are good, fast, and fun. They wind up to the big moment and then let you down easy. It is always a great way to relax, snuggling my dog in bed, and nursing a cup of tea. Thank you, Heather Graham!
I love Heather Graham books. They are good, fast, and fun. They wind up to the big moment and then let you down easy. It is always a great way to relax, snuggling my dog in bed, and nursing a cup of tea. Thank you, Heather Graham!
November 13, 2017
At first, I️ thought this storyline was going to be similar to another of her Halloween stories. I️ was pleased that it was based on a totally different storyline.
November 13, 2017
Quick Read
Enjoyed the new adventure of Danni and Quinn. However, there are numerous grammatical mistakes and misspellings. Several times the categorised Sean I stead of Quinn.
Enjoyed the new adventure of Danni and Quinn. However, there are numerous grammatical mistakes and misspellings. Several times the categorised Sean I stead of Quinn.
November 29, 2017
Great Book
I loved this book it was truly a great read and I would recommend to all my friends and family
I loved this book it was truly a great read and I would recommend to all my friends and family
December 2, 2017
Wow here is another great Cafferty and Quinn book.
Really wish that Heather Graham would write more books in this series.
Really wish that Heather Graham would write more books in this series.
March 4, 2018
Great creepy story with good details, but lots of errors. Still ,don't read at night.
June 25, 2018
Halloween in New Orleans. How much creepier can it get?
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