CHUCK HUSTMYRE

BASED ON THE TRUE STORY of New Orleans' most infamous murderer, who stalked the streets of the Crescent City for eight years and left twenty-three victims in his bloody wake, "The Axman of New Orleans" is the explosive new thriller by bestselling author and screenwriter CHUCK HUSTMYRE.

"It's 'Boardwalk Empire' meets 'Jack the Ripper.'" --Trumpet Reviews

NEW ORLEANS, 1919. For nearly a decade, a ruthless killer has prowled the streets of this city, breaking into homes and hacking people to death with an ax. His victims have included men, women, even a child. He leaves few clues, and no one can stop him. Even his motives are unclear. The police seem baffled. Is he a vendetta agent or a bloodthirsty maniac? Echoing Jack the Ripper from three decades earlier, the killer even writes a letter to a local newspaper and refers to himself as a "demon from hottest hell."

But Detective Colin Fitzgerald, a wounded Army veteran who recently returned from The Great War, is prepared to do whatever it takes to catch the Axman. What Fitzgerald is not prepared for are the shocking secrets his investigation will uncover, secrets that stretch to the top levels of the Police Department and City Hall, and reach back decades to the assassination of a lengendary police chief and even to the murder of Fitzgerald's own father.

Get your copy today and join the hunt for THE AXMAN OF NEW ORLEANS.

EARLY REVIEWS for AXMAN:

"Chuck Hustmyre is one of the last of the true authentic storytellers who create magic on every page!" --Sheldon Bowles, bestselling author of GUNG HO!

"Bloody murder and mayhem at the turn of the century--the 20th Century. New Orleans has always led the way with strange killings and Chuck Hustmyre’s riveting tale of its most infamous serial killer, THE AXMAN, is a chilling walk through a horrible nightmare that was all too real." --O'Neil De Noux, Shamus and Derringer Award winning author of BATTLE KISS.