Type
Text
Type
Thesis
Advisor
Robert Reeves | Lou Ann Walker. | Susan S. Merrell.
Date
2011-05-01
Keywords
Literature
Department
Department of Creative Writing and Literature
Language
en_US
Source
This work is sponsored by the Stony Brook University Graduate School in compliance with the requirements for completion of degree.
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/11401/70802
Publisher
The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY.
Format
application/pdf
Abstract
Red Beans & Murder is a novel set in New Orleans, Louisiana and Southampton, New York. The work examines Abby Callahan's transformation from a trial lawyer who focuses on letting her insecurity guide her, to trusting in her own intuition and putting someone's well being before her own. A few days after the judge in her trial gets escorted out of the courtroom by two policemen, Darcy, the victim, disappears. Along the way, family drama and old lovers surface to distract her, but Abby must forge ahead and trust her intuition to discover why this rape case, that was meant to forward her career, seems to have murderous consequences.
Recommended Citation
McCourt, Elizabeth Carey, "Red Beans & Murder" (2011). Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions). 21.
https://commons.library.stonybrook.edu/stony-brook-theses-and-dissertations-collection/21