Sara Gran has brought magical realism to the mystery genre, with resounding success. She describes the grit, heartbreak and pervasive danger of New Orleans a year after the storm with a sharp-eyed honesty, but mixes humorous and magical elements into the solving of the mystery of a missing assistant district attorney. It's amazing that she can follow a fairly traditional mystery structure when clues fall out of the sky and in through Claire's dreams. Pretty great reading.
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