Showing The Napoleon Connection by Claude Brickell

An adventure mystery: Set in New Orleans’ famed French Quarter, young and accomplished art historian Michael Bennington is hired by one of that city’s more prominent denizens to solve a mystery that has been lingering for over fifty years. He must discover the whereabouts of a priceless artifact—believed to be a rare jewel—curiously missing from the city’s renowned Cabildo historical museum. Bennington dives into the assignment with an uncanny passion—his specialty is 19th century jewels—and ends up taking a virtual roller coaster ride through the city’s fascinating historical past, uncovers both real and purported—if not positively bizarre—local legends, descends into the city’s thriving gay underground and encounters a quasi-religious, homoerotic Roman Catholic cult. The first installment in The Jewel Trilogy, The Napoleon Connection is an introduction into the entertaining exploits of the likable Bennington character. (for sexually-liberal readers,therefore, reviews might be questionable). Paperbacks available at claudebrick.wix.c om/bricbooks