Inherited Death
About the book
In Jeanne Rietzke’s Inherited Death, New Orleans is the perfect backdrop for the McNulty family to implode after the death of their matriarch. As this dysfunctional Southern family reunited to bury their mother, the stages of grief are eating, drinking, and cursing, but in no particular order. For the middle child, Melissa Fairmont, the abusive reality is all too real as she relives her terrifying childhood, is emotionally abused by her sisters, wrestles with her true calling in life, and gets involved in a murder. What no one saw coming was death. Follow Melissa and her husband, Ben, as they delve into the New Orleans culture and the history of art in World War II Paris to solve a murder that will change their lives forever. This page-turning story draws you in and takes you on an extraordinary adventure. “In the end, all she inherited was death. It was just too sad to comprehend.”
What to expect
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Available as an ebook and in paperback. Ebook ISBN 9798895535417. Paperback ISBN 9798895535271.
About the author
I began writing in 2020 with a children's book series entitled Caroline, The Painted Turtle. Before then, I worked as a wildlife artist. I illustrated and published the first two children's books in 2022. While all that was happening, I realized I wanted to write more. I took the NaNoWriMo challenge in 2021. In 30 days, I wrote 50,000 words. I loved the story, but knew it was a novella and awkward. For three years, I wrote, rewrote, added the murder, added the history, added the food, and kept going. My Beta readers were begging me to publish. Inherited Death emerged in April 2025. So far, we have won seven Indie Awards. The depth of the main character, Melissa Fairmont, has captivated readers, reviewers, and judges. She's a complicated woman who has big feelings and a past that she is grieving as much as she grieves for her parents. I hope you enjoy the story. I am currently working on the second book in the series.
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