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Garden of The Lost

Garden of the lost

Is Conrad Green alive? The answer seems obvious. He moves, he breathes, he occasionally takes food. But inside, he’s dead, unable to write a word on his next novel, barely able to take care of himself, ruled by despair over the sudden death of his beautiful wife, Claire, six months ago. Since that dreadful day he’s done only one significant thing. Feeling strangely drawn into a salvage yard, he discovers and buys an antique wrought iron fence that he installs around Claire’s beloved iris garden.

That night, at exactly 1:00 a.m., a little boy shows up in the garden. He’s holding onto the fence, looking inside at the flowers, and sobbing with such intensity it pierces the gloom around Conrad’s heart. Conrad goes outside to help, but by the time he reaches the garden, the boy is gone. The same thing happens the next night. On the third night, when the boy reappears, something happens that sends Conrad on a crazy quest. His journey ends with a revelation that stuns the small town where he lives and shows him there’s a lot about life and death he hasn’t understood.

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About Don

For many years I’ve been writing a forensic mystery series featuring the hugely overweight and equally brilliant New Orleans medical examiner, Andy Broussard, and his gorgeous psychologist sidekick, Kit Franklyn.

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New Orleans Forensic Mysteries

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  • Bad Karma In The Big Easy
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    Sleeping With The Crawfish
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  • Louisiana Fever
    Louisiana Fever
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  • New Orleans Requiem
    New Orleans Requiem
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Medical Thrillers

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    The Killing Harvest
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Paranormal & Fantasy

  • Garden of the lost
    Garden of The Lost
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