Nick Travers is back where it all began.
25 years after The Philadelphia Inquirer proclaimed Crossroad Blues âan impressive debut by a promising new talent,â the acclaimed crime novel is back.
A modern, Southern reinvention of The Maltese Falcon, Crossroad Blues won noir fans with its nod to the masters and thrilled readers with a wild ride along Highway 61. Itâs here that we first meet Nick Travers, an exâNew Orleans Saint turned Tulane University blues historian. Nick searches for the lost recordings of 1930s bluesman Robert Johnsonâand a missing colleagueâand finds trouble at every turn.
The cast of characters includes a red-headed siren, an Elvis-worshipping hitman, Johnsonâs ghost, and the Mississippi Delta itself. Crossroad Blues still sings.