No Words for the Dead

When a watch surfaces in a swamp and a driver dies on a touring rap crew’s bus, Cole Moneye’s next case becomes a test of everything he once stood for. The object seems small—a glittering timepiece—but it unlocks Lagniappe, a leather-bound journal of Creole songs and a map to a legacy that could be worth millions. The book’s pages are missing. The killers are real. The host of suspects reads like a who’s‑who: a crew of Hustlers, a rival gang, a manager with secrets, and a producer who does favors for favors. Cole must salvage the book, protect the living, and give the dead a last measure of justice. But with an entire city’s appetite for fame and money set against him, how far will he go to make a family whole? This is a novel about what we inherit, what we lose, and the price of finding both.