There are 4 books in the City Blues Quartet series. The newest book is Sunset Swing which came out in 2021.

1
The Axeman

Book cover of The Axeman
"Ray Celestin skillfully depicts the desperate revels of that idiosyncratic city and its bizarre legends in his first novel, THE AXEMAN." - The New York Times Sunday Book Review (Marilyn Stasio, Crime Columnist)

The Axeman stalks the streets of New Orleans...

In a town filled with gangsters, voodoo, and jazz…
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2
Dead Man's Blues

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Chicago, 1928. In the stifling summer heat three disturbing events take place. A clique of city leaders is poisoned in a fancy hotel. A white gangster is found mutilated in an alleyway in the Blackbelt. And a famous heiress vanishes without a trace.

Pinkerton detectives Michael Talbot and Ida Davis…

3
The Mobster's Lament

Book cover of The Mobster's Lament

In Ray Celestin's gripping third book, The Mobster's Lament, it's a mobster's last chance to escape the clutches of New York's mafia families, but as a blizzard descends on NYC, a ruthless serial killer is tracking his every move.

Fall, 1947. Private Investigator Ida Davis has been called to New…

4
Sunset Swing

Book cover of Sunset Swing

'Here ends one of the finest achievements of recent crime fiction' - Sunday Telegraph

'Outstanding' - The Times

*Winner of the 2022 CWA Historical Dagger and Gold Dagger*

Los Angeles. Christmas, 1967. A devil is loose in the City of Angels . . .

A young nurse, Kerry Gaudet, travels…