Out of The Easy

From Barnes & NobleIn this stunning standalone follow-up to her debut Between Shades of Gray, Ruta Sepetys spins another believable tale. Set in the New Orleans of 1950, Out of the Easy tells the story of Josie Moraine, the 17-year-old daughter of a French Quarter prostitute. Saddled unjustly with her mother's reputation, the young girl dreams of escaping the city and her bookstore job, but her entanglement in a murder investigation threatens to scuttle her half-formed plans. (P.S. One early reviewer called this novel "a sultry mix of mystery, historical detail, and romance.")





Publishers WeeklySepetys follows her debut, Between Shades of Gray, with another taut and charged historical novel, though the setting—the French Quarter of New Orleans in 1950—is a world apart from that of her previous book.