A Hardboiled Heart Beats in the Dark: Alec Sousa’s “She Carried the Dead”

01/12/2025 3 min Episodio 107
A Hardboiled Heart Beats in the Dark: Alec Sousa’s “She Carried the Dead”

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What happens when classic detective noir meets the supernatural? We review Alec Sousa’s "She Carried the Dead," a novel set in the jazz-soaked rot of 1930s New Orleans. Discover how the author uses snappy prose and a hardboiled detective to explore themes of survival and the emotional cost of doing what's necessary, proving that the real monsters might be the ones we carry within.