Rhode Island Red (Nanette Hayes Mysteries)

The first book in an undiscovered, jazz-infused gem of 1990s crime fiction, starring the deeply charismatic Nanette Hayes.

Reviews

'Nanette Hayes may be the most charismatic crime-fiction heroine to appear in the last decade' * Booklist *
'Style's the thing in this breezy, sexy mystery narrated by Nanette, a French-speaking, sax-playing street musician' * Publishers Weekly *
'A terrific novel, from those witty, subversive opening sentences, to the edgy, melancholy and very satisfying ending' * Margo Jefferson, author of Negroland *
'Charlotte Carter has . . . the practical discipline needed to craft functional, human sentences [that] flow one into the next without embellishment or posturing' * Crime Times *
'This Grace Jones lookalike with a degree in French is a splendid creation' * Sunday Telegraph *
'The sweet, clear sound of Nanette's musical voice keeps us on her corner, tossing all the change we've got' * The New York Times on Rhode Island Red *
'This high-spirited tour of Paris has terrific charm . . . with the infectious energy of eternal youth' * The New York Times on Coq au Vin *
'Funky scenes of New York's musical underworld . . . [a] sweet and saucy narrative voice' * The New York Times on Drumsticks *
'This year's most original fictional detective- a sassy, black intellectual and saxophonist who is plunged into mayhem when an undercover cop gets killed in her apartment' * Good Housekeeping on Rhode Island Red *
'The love affair between jazz, black musicians and Paris is an eternal story; Carter illuminates it with rare intelligence and a gripping vortex of thrills, feeling and wit' * Time Out on Coq Au Vin *