Burn Me Deadly
An Eddie LaCrosse Novel

Alex Bledsoes The SwordEdged Blonde drew rave reviews for its ingenious blend offantasy and hardboiled detective fiction.Now he brings back his freelance sword jockey, Eddie LaCrosse, in an allnew tale of mean streets and medieval intrigue. Eddies on his way back from a routine investigation when hishorse almost runs down a halfnaked blonde in serious trouble. Against his better judgment, he promises to protect the frightened young woman, only to find himself waylaid by unknown assailants and left for dead besideher mutilated body. Eddies quest for paybackleads him to a tangled mystery involving a notorious crime lord, a backwoods dragon cult, royal scandals, and a duplicitous femme fatale who has trouble keeping her clothes on. As the bodies pile up, Eddie must use all his wits if he hopes to survive.