Hell or High Water, Joy Castro
Hell or High Water, Joy Castro
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Hell or High Water

Author: Joy Castro

Narrator: Roxanne Hernandez

Unabridged: 12 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/17/2012


Synopsis

Nola Cespedes, an ambitious young reporter at the Times-Picayune, finally catches a break: an assignment to write her first full-length feature. While investigating her story, she also becomes fixated on the search for a missing tourist in the French Quarter. As Nola's work leads her into a violent criminal underworld, she's forced to face disturbing truths from her own past. Vividly rendered in razor-sharp prose, this haunting thriller is a riveting journey of trust betrayed - and the courageous struggle to rebuild. Fast-paced, atmospheric, and with a knockout twist, Joy Castro's Hell or High Water features an unforgettable heroine as fascinating and multi-layered as New Orleans itself.

About Joy Castro

Joy Castro teaches literature at the University of Nebraska- Lincoln. Her 2005 memoir, The Truth Book was elected an ABA Book Sense Notable Book.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Marjorie on August 14, 2014

I picked up a hardback copy of this book from a bargain book sale and boy, did I get a deal! This is a tightly written thriller set in post-Katrina New Orleans, and by the time I was finished reading it, I was ready to book the next flight south to "The Big Easy". Nola Cespides is the gutsy, gritty a......more

Goodreads review by Book Concierge on December 08, 2014

The book jacket promises: A gripping, rich psychological thriller set in post-Katrina New Orleans that introduces an intense and spellbinding protagonist. Allowing for the usual hyperbole, this isn’t too far off the mark. Nola Cespedes is a reporter at the Times-Picayune, trying hard to get off the “......more

Goodreads review by April Sarah on February 06, 2017

3.5 stars......more

Goodreads review by Cindy on July 06, 2012

**This was first posted on Chick Lit Central. A new summer thriller is out and this one may scare you into sleeping with the lights on. Nola Cespedes is a young, ambitious New Orleans Times-Picayune news reporter, sick of covering fluff stories about the latest happenings in bars, fashions and galleri......more

Goodreads review by Kourtney on February 03, 2014

I really loved parts of this book. I loved Nola. I loved the twist. I loved her views of New Orleans, and I even loved the way she tackled the topic of sex crimes and sex offenders who either checked in or went off the grid after Katrina. I loved the hope we are left with at the end. I have some tro......more