Author Description

When a state wildlife agent is mysteriously killed in remote Barataria Bay south of New Orleans, Louisiana State Police Detective Denise Grant is assigned to investigate. With little evidence and virtually no leads, Grant quickly realizes that she needs help if she hopes to solve the case. She needs the expertise of her former partner Trey Angelo. Angelo, however, abandoned law enforcement following the death of a woman he loved, and is now battling alcohol abuse and his own self-destructive tendencies. After Grant finally convinces her superiors that her former partner's help is essential in solving the case, she then must to convince Angelo to straighten out his life and return to the department. Angelo reluctantly agrees to try. As the investigation progresses, the body count increases and it soon becomes apparent there is much more to the case than Grant and Angelo ever imagined. What they uncover is a plot by the Al-Jihad terror organization to launch a multi-pronged attack on New Orleans as the city prepares to host the Super Bowl. The investigation becomes a race against time to stop the attack and capture the terrorists before they become martyrs - Princes of Heaven - and trigger death on an unimaginable scale. About the AuthorTelling a crime story, especially when murder is involved, comes naturally to John Pape. A highly decorated former police officer, homicide investigator, and chief of police, Pape blends his law enforcement background with a love for storytelling in a colorful, realistic, and often-irreverent writing style. The result is a tale that captures the gritty realism of the streets, the salty dark humor of the police world, and the nuances of an investigation that only someone who has been there can convey Princes of Heaven is the latest entry in Pape's South Louisiana mystery series, joining Zydeco Dawn and Contraband Bayou. Pape also published two other books - Hill Country Chronicles, a collection of stories about growing up in the Texas H