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Rookie police officer, Skip Langdon is called to stand in the crowd in one of the Mardi Gras parades. She watches socialite, Chauncy St. Amant, who was crowned Rex waving at the crowd from his float. She sees a woman dressed as Dolly Parton twirling her gun toward him as he waves back. A shot is fired, and Langdon, although stunned, struggles to get to St. Amant, whose dead body lays in the middle of the stalled parade. Who killed Chauncy St. Amant and why? Skip Langdon is on the case! This book was one of the most depressing reads ever in my life. Skip Langdon's feeling sorry for herself by the third chapter. The victim's family is all dysfunctional alcoholics. A dialogue after the parade between Langdon and a filmmaker highlighted negative differences between New Orleans' cultures. Overuse of obscenities and editing issues prevailed. I really tried to finish this adult mystery, but I just couldn't.