As New Orleans exposes its complexity to Anna, so does Jordan, who has an unusual link with Clare Sullivan, a Seattle actress suspected of setting a fire that killed her family.
“Burn” moves with a breathless urgency as Anna learns the pace of the city – and the vagaries that are different than what she’s accustomed to. In the Rocky Mountains, “the clean dry air scoured the skin, polished the bone, and honed Anna’s senses to a keen edge.” But in New Orleans, “spring’s perfume was lazy and narcotic, hinting of hidden things, languid hours, and secrets whispered on breath smelling of bourbon and mint.”
Barr, who lives in New Orleans, vividly leads Anna on an insider’s tour, from voodoo shops, to strip clubs to a brothel. Yet Barr doesn’t forget the French Quarter, the “Crescent City’s somnolent hum” and the neighborhoods being rebuilt post-Katrina.
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