Part of Dave Robicheaux, book 2
First published 1990
Dave Robicheaux has quit the New Orleans police force and stopped drinking. He lives quietly in Louisiana's bayou country with his wife, hoping his detective days are over. Then a plane crashes in the Gulf of Mexico. Robicheaux pulls a young girl from the wreckage, but saving her drags him back into the criminal underworld he tried to escape. The crash connects to Bubba Rocque, a vicious gangster Robicheaux has known since they were boys. Rocque's ambitious Cajun wife wants power. A reckless federal agent stirs up trouble. In the backwaters where violence settles disputes faster than law, Robicheaux must protect the girl and his family. The case pulls him deeper into a web of murder and corruption that threatens everyone he cares about.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, thriller, detective, action
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: amateur-sleuth, redemption, second-chance
Setting: Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana
Period: Contemporary
304 pages · Hardcover · Henry Holt and Co.
Content warnings: violence