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The Widow of Rampart Street | A Veronica Lakewood Mystery Audiobook
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- Jul 8, 2026
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Summary
New Orleans does not sleep — it sweats. When the newspapers announce that Mrs. Alma Lafitte has buried a second wealthy husband before the age of thirty, the whole city whispers the word it dares not print: murderess. Then a frightened young woman, Claire Vasseur, arrives at Veronica Lakewood's hotel door with a darker fear — that Alma is about to marry again. Moving through the French Quarter's shuttered heat, its doctors who call poison "nerves," its wrought-iron balconies and buried grudges, Veronica Lakewood and her companion Arthur trace a pattern of small illnesses, generous wills, and a man with a medical bag who has just bought arsenic — and a question no one in polite society wants answered: is Alma Lafitte a killer, or a woman the world has already convicted for the crime of outliving the men who married her? The Widow of Rampart Street is an original Golden Age-style mystery about money, reputation, and the difference between a murderess and a legend.<br><br>ℹ️ FOR LISTENERS<br>This is an original Golden Age-style mystery presented as a respectful homage to classic detective fiction, inspired by the legend of Minnie Wallace, the real New Orleans "black widow" acquitted by law and condemned by rumour. Names, characters, and events here are altered and fictionalised. All characters are fictional. No affiliation, endorsement, or official connection is implied.<br><br>💬 QUESTION FOR THE COMMENTS<br>Alma buried two rich husbands, and the city decided she was guilty long before any evidence did. When a woman grows richer each time a man dies, are we watching a murderess — or a legend being built out of poison, money, and other people's suspicion? 🕵️<br><br>📖 GET THE EBOOK — $3.99<br><br&g…