Blood on the Bayou: Bouchercon Anthology 2025

Author and the New Orleans 2025 Bouchercon Chairperson Heather Graham has written a number of New Orleans mysteries and thrillers. Her love for the history, the culture and the undercurrent of the city is palpable. In

Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed

, we've chosen New Orleans-based stories by authors who, like Heather, celebrate the fabric, the flavor and the craziness of this city by the Mississippi. Each story explores a different nuance of The Big Easy, and the reader will come away with an entirely different feeling about this historic river town.

Presenting 24 mesmerizing tales of mystery by Jeff Ayers, Eric Beckstrom, Jayne Belmont, Don Bruns, Reef Farrel Coleman, Larry S. Evans II, Michael Ferreter, Barry Fulton, John Gilstrap, Heather Graham, Kerry Hammond, Smita Harish Jain, Jon Land, Robert Lopresti, D.P. Lyle, Jonathan Maberry, Tim Maleeny, J.M. Redmann, Liese Sherwood-Fabre, Clay Stafford, Kelli Stanley, Charles Todd, Gabriel Valjan, and Joseph S. Walker with a foreword by Ali Karim.

Table of Contents

Ali Karim: Foreword

Eric Beckstrom: Six Cylinder Totem

Jayne Belmont: Shoes

Don Bruns: Saints and Sinners

Reed Farrel Coleman: Green-Eyed Monster

Larry S. Evans II: Far End of Bourbon Street

Michael Ferreter: Sourlands

Barry Fulton: Extraordinary Life and Sudden Demise of Franklin Anderson

John Gilstrap: Pines Village

Heather Graham: Game of Life and Death

Kerry Hammond: For Sammy

Smita Harish Jain: Bitttersweet

Ali Karim: Avid Fan

Jon Land and Jeff Ayers: Don't Be Scared

Rob Lopresti: Unreliable Narrator

D.P. Lyle: Trilogy

Jonathan Maberry: Skinny Old Man on Frenchman Street

Tim Maleeny: Lucky Heart

J. M. Redmann: Curious Case of the Sad Trombone

Liese Sherwood-Fabre: Reading Between the Lies

Clay Stafford: Hanging On Dumaine Street

Kelli Stanley: Levees

Charles Todd: Gentleman from New Orleans

Gabriel Valjan: Two Sentimental Gentlemen

Joseph S. Walker: Final Edit