Part of Dave Robicheaux, book 21
First published 2018
Dave Robicheaux wakes from another nightmare, his mind jumping between fragments he cannot reconcile. The detective investigates a murder that grows more personal with each clue he uncovers. The victim is the man who killed his wife, and the evidence points to an impossible conclusion: Robicheaux himself pulled the trigger. He cannot remember doing it, but the facts accumulate against him. While fighting to prove his innocence, Robicheaux faces enemies both old and new. Dark forces from his past return to threaten everyone he cares about. His investigation becomes a race against time as he struggles to separate memory from nightmare, guilt from justice. The case forces him to confront not only his own fractured psyche but the violence that has shaped his life.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, detective
Vibes: dark, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
447 pages · Hardcover · Simon & Schuster
Content warnings: murder, violence