Smell the food, hear the music and the bullets whizzing by your head, feel the soul of the city and the people who won't die. Follow journalist Jacob Boudreaux, his detective brother Adam, an author and a dancer through the twists and turns of an investigation that thrills you, chills you, fascinates you for certain. How does this podge-hodge of Quarter characters deliver an answer to the question, "Why the red shoe?" -- Roger Bul