01424cam a2200277 4500 130172048 TxAuBib 20091007120000.0 090505s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2009018087 9781593155537 alk. paper 1593155530 alk. paper (OCoLC)316825548 DLC DLC BTCTA YDXCP IK2 DOV UPZ JRU TxAuBib Barr, Nevada. 13 1/2 [FIC] / Nevada Barr. Thirteen and one-half. New York : Vanguard Press, 2009. 311 p. ; 24 cm. In present-day New Orleans, Polly Deschamps finds herself at yet another lonely crossroads in her life until she encounters architect Marshall Marchand, a lifelong bachelor who spends most of his time with his brother Danny. When Polly's two young daughters from her previous marriage are likewise taken with Marshall, she marries him. But then an ominous prediction by a New Orleans tarot card reader proclaims that Polly will murder her husband, and Polly senses that there could be a connection between Marchand and the infamous "Butcher Boy" multiple homicide. 20091007. Women college teachers Fiction. New Orleans (La) Fiction. Mystery fiction. TXGPL