Life in the Big Easy is Never EasyBorn into an emerging French middle class in 1183, Alésia d'Amiens somehow survives the murder of her family. Turned immortal by a sympathetic vampire, she enjoys the amenities of French nobility until her life crashes for a second time. Now she wanders the world alone, feeding wherever she can, trying to stay a step ahead of vampire hunters and the law.While investigating recent murders, New Orleans homicide detective Jack Diemont notices reports of similar killings in nearby cities. Fearing a serial killer in his backyard, Jack will spare no effort to apprehend the villain.Carolyn Prejean is one of the toughest prosecutors in New Orleans. Like Jack, she suspects that a serial killer is disrupting her jurisdiction. Her job takes an unexpected twist with the arrival of a pair of vampire hunters. Life in the Big Easy becomes anything but simple as she tries to distinguish perpetrator from prey.