- In New Orleans at Mardi Gras, a distant cousin of Jessica is falsely accused of murder.
- Jessica goes to New Orleans during Mardi Gras to check on cousin-in-law Calhoun 'Cal' Fletcher as promised to Aunt Mildred. As her hotel was booked for the next night, she goes to Cal's place, but the only man in the Cyrano de Bergerac costume she was told he wears ignores her and storms, with drawn sword, into a room beside the party hall from where a fight is heard, which leaves a real corpse, Johnny Blaze, with Cal written in blood besides him. NOPD Lt. Edmund Cavette concludes from her eye for murder scene details who Jessica is and explains the Lafitte mansion, which Cal inherited, is no home but a gambling place. Cavette arrests Cal, who claims he didn't even know what happened there. Cavette knows he was indebted to Blaze, now Cal admits he recently accused Blaze of cheating. Fellow gambler attorney Mitch Payne promises bail tomorrow and considers pleading self-defense. He got Blaze off a murder charge, he probably committed, on Cavette's son, Eric. Jessica untangles more sordid intrigues concerning such matters as Congressman Brad Gardner's IOU's which his rich wife Rosaline tried to buy back, and Kitty Manette's infidelity, before trapping the killer at a reconstruction.—KGF Vissers
- Jessica travels to New Orleans and, unable to get a room during Mardi Gras, drops in on her cousin, Calhoun Fletcher, hoping for a place to stay. There's a party at Calhoun's house and it takes her some time to find him. She notices a strange number of goings-on at the masked costume party and before she finds Cal, she finds Johnny Blaze dead with 'Cal' written in blood beside the body. Cal had recently had an altercation with Blaze at the poker table. He was convinced that Blaze had cheated as Blaze won the hand with four jacks but Cal had discarded a jack earlier in the hand and Cal threatened to kill him. Cal is quickly arrested but Jessica is sure he's been set up.—garykmcd
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