Inherited Death

In Jeanne Rietzke's Inherited Death, New Orleans is the perfect backdrop for the McNulty family to implode after the death of their matriarch. As this dysfunctional Southern family reunites to bury their mother, the stages of grief are eating, drinking, and cursing, but in no particular order. For the middle child, Melissa Fairmont, the abusive reality is all too real as she relives her terrifying childhood, is emotionally abused by her sisters, wrestles with her true calling in life, and gets involved in a murder. What no one saw coming was death. Follow Melissa and her husband, Ben, as they delve into the New Orleans culture and the history of art in World War II Paris to solve a murder that will change their lives forever. This page-turning story draws you in and takes you on an extraordinary adventure."e;In the end, all she inherited was death. It was just too sad to comprehend."e;