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Self-proclaimed slut, Milton 'Scotty' Bradley has more or less given up his life as a bar-top go-go dancer and is working on getting his PI license. One morning, after a hard-drinking night, he wakes up with a cute 19-year-old in his bed, and Scotty can remember nothing of the night before, He doesn't even know who the guy with the cute butt is. That night, his sister Rain, who now calls herself Rhonda, as is more suitable for a society wife, takes Scott and a couple of his friends to the SkateAmerica competition, where he finds that the hottie he slept with the night before is the US hope for a gold medal at the Olympics in the men's singles category. Imagine Scotty's joy when an usher hands him a key and a note to meet Scotty later that night in his hotel room. Later that night, while getting off the elevator at the hotel, Scotty runs into a woman who drops her purse. He finds a clipping she has forgotten and puts it away safely. When he gets to Bryce Bell's room, he finds a dead body on the bed. And when he finally gets home, he finds Bryce waiting for him. Scotty has some psychic powers and the tarot cards tell him that somehow, he is connected to Bryce. He then dreams of a fire, and by tracing the person mentioned in the clipping the woman left, he realizes that he is dreaming of the Cabildo fire of 1988 when the New Orleans Fire Department saved both the collection and the building housing the museum. Then he learns that Bryce is adopted, and things start taking off with a shoot-out and car chase and kidnapping, with Scotty all the while trying to avoid commitment with either of his two favorite hotties, Frank the DC FBI agent, and Colin the cat burglar. I liked Scotty in BOURBON STREET BLUES. I like him even better now that he is beginning to develop some sense of responsibility. Herren's characters are really well drawn, but if Storm, Scotty's older, attorney, brother calls him "My Queen" once more, I would tend to want to fly to New Orleans and bop him on the head, loving brother or no. Herren's love for New Orleans shines through the book, with the Cabildo fire as the centerpiece. May there be many more adventures of Scotty, with or without Frank and Colin.
Reviewed by Barbara Franchi, May 2004
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