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 hunts a 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.
Edgar Award-winner James Lee Burke returns with another riveting Dave Robicheaux novel. Robicheaux has his hands full in New Iberia, Louisiana, what with a film crew shooting a Civil War movie, the return of a local mobster, and the brutal murder of a young woman. With the help of a supposedly psychic actor, Robicheaux tracks a twisted killer.