I'm currently reading Lafitte Lives by Christi Keating Sumich. This historical mystery was released earlier this year.
After the loss of three of his five children to yellow fever Tobias Whitney sold his bookshop and lived in a miasma of grief. Taking a job as sexton at St. Louis Cemetery No. 2 Tobias tends to the graves, appreciating the silence and solitude despite the stench of a New Orleans summer in 1831. Noticing a bow on the nameplate of one of the mausoleums Tobias intends to repair it, but finds it hollowed out and a journal inside. Written in French, a language he is unable to read, Tobias shares his discovery with his wife. With Mary Catherine translating the journal tells the story of Jean Lafitte, written by his step-brother Dominique You. Even better than the adventure yarns he usually reads, Tobias learns that Lafitte did not die when everyone believed. The journal reveals many secrets about the legendary man, but will it also lead to treasure?
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