Synopsis Detective Dave Robicheaux tries to connect a 35-year old homicide to a string of recent serial murders of prostitutes, convinced that a mob boss is the missing link and guilty party
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1994-07-01 | | Edition Description: | Reprint |
| Size | | Length: | 370 pages | | Height: | 6.5 in | | Width: | 4.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 6.4 oz |
Publisher's Note
Hollywood has sent its emissaries to New IberiaParish to film a Civil War epic in the steamingmists of the Louisiana bayou -- reawakening theghosts of a past best left undisturbed. The restless specters wait in the shadowsfor cajun cop Dave Robicheaux -- as he huntsa serial butcher who is preying on the less-then-innocent young. For these spirits are the guardians of Robicheaux's darkest torments -- and they hold the key to his ultimate salvation...or a final, fatal downfall.
A masterwork of detective fiction--the most suspenseful, thematically dazzling accomplishment in the Robicheaux series. While Hollywood shoots a Civil War movie in the New Iberia parish, Robicheaux tries to contain local dissension about the way the movie company's money is making its way into the community--and gets busy with the real business of murder.
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