"BARONNE STREET by Kent Westmoreland is a fast-past, action
packed thriller that takes the reader deep into New Orleans. Not only does Westmoreland give the reader and intimate feel
for life in New Orleans he also creates extraordinary characters, vivid and eclectic enough to entertain any reader."
- Jennifer Higgins at Rundpinne Book Reviews
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"BARONNE STREET is a stunning debut. Indeed, Westmoreland writes
with the confidence and polish of someone well into their career, not a first time author. The New Orleans setting and compelling
lead in Burleigh are ripe for further adventures, and I for one certainly hope to see Burleigh Drummond blossom into a long-lived
series. "
- Elizabeth White in the Savannah Morning News
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"Kent Westmoreland’s BARONNE STREET is a bold first
effort. Wit and spunk prevail. Detective Burleigh Drummond is high society and low emotion, materialistic yet generous, sure
of himself and well paid for it all. The City of New Orleans is Drummond’s “Hawaii 5-0” meets “Miami
Vice” on “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.”
- Dionne Charlet
in Where Y'at Magazine
“BARONNE STREET is an exhilarating novel, a formula-one ride along
the bumpy streets of New Orleans.
Burleigh Drummond is as cool as the icy gin he guzzles, as hot as the cars he drives, as provocative as the women he knows
(some in the Biblical sense).“
- O’Neil De Noux – author of The LaStanza series of police novels, Slick Time, New Orleans Confidential, Mafia Aphrodite and New Orleans Nocturnal
“BARONNE STREET reads like early Chandler, but with modern sensibilities. Kent Westmoreland's Burleigh Drummond is an outsider
who looks corrupt New
Orleans society
square in the face. He knows how to play the games, but in the end, retains his own brand of integrity. The prose
is immensely readable, and the characters beautifully drawn. BARONNE STREET is a winner!”
- Ellen Hart - author of the Jane Lawless novels The Mirror Mask and Sweet
Poison
"Kent Westmoreland is bringing some mad-wicked, kick-ass skills to the
table with BARONNE
STREET. The
debut of the year, a magnificent read. What the hell are you waiting for? Get this novel right now!"
- Victor Gischler, author of Gun Monkeys and
Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse
“BARONNE STREET is a nice tight piece of work with believable characters and a storyline with carefully planted
surprises.”
- Ed Gorman - author of Ticket
to Ride and Death Ground
"Kent Westmoreland brings a fresh perspective to New Orleans in self-styled detective Burleigh Drummond. BARONNE STREET is a terrific first novel. Westmoreland is
a helluva writer."
- Wendi Lee - author
of the Angela Matelli novels He Who Dies and Deadbeat
"In BARONNE STREET, Kent Westmoreland shows an admirable control of character and
dialogue and tells a story with the kind of sure-footedness that makes you remember the days when Peter Gunn and the guys
at 77 Sunset Strip knocked off wisecracks and wise guys without mussing their hair. If this is his first novel, I can't
wait for number 2."
- Robert Skinner - author
of Blood to Drink and Daddy's Gone A'Hunting
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