Shelter From The Storm: A Hard-Boiled New Orleans Legal Thriller (Tubby Dubonnet Mystery #4) (The Tubby Dubonnet Series)

In his latest escapade, eccentric New Orleans lawyer Tubby Dubonnet is plunged into a chaotic Carnival deluge that turns the city inside out. When big-time criminal Willie LaRue flies into New Orleans for a heist at New Orleans First Alluvial Bank, the job appears to be cut-and-dried. With the caper planned for Mardi Gras eve, LaRue figures he and his gang will be lost amid the confusion of parades, parties and other festivities. Indeed, kooky characters abound, including a bellboy cum union activist, a reclusive gay couple from Atlanta, and a gold-digging Chicago blonde looking for love. But a mass of black clouds threatens to wash out Carnival as well as the crime, and when the storm finally hits, revelers and robbers alike run for cover. Hemmed in by Mother Nature, the befuddled - and bedraggled – survivors find themselves marooned together. As the thieves plan their watery escape, it is up to Tubby to thwart their murderous intentions. The body count rises as the tempest subsides, and Tubby finds himself fighting not only for his own life, but for the very soul of his beloved city.