Witness Betrayed

Mardi Gras whips New Orleans' French Quarter into a whirlpool of excess, color, booze, noise, motion. So the woman in the sights of Will Novak's binoculars stands out. She's bruised, barefoot, wearing a man's raincoat. And she's looking right at him.

No Faith

In a moment she's fleeing into the crowd, but Novak knows she's not gone for good. When she comes back, it's with a gun to his head-and a story about crony politics, a crooked judge, a kidnapped whistleblower, and childre...