The eighteenth Detective Dave Robicheaux novel from the award-winning, Pulitzer nominated, James Lee Burke - 'one of the finest crime writers America has ever produced'

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When Detective Dave Robicheaux gets a call saying his ex-partner Clete Purcell is in jail for assault, bailing him out is instinctive. After all, Clete is the man who saved his life.

The man Clete assaulted is a suspect in a series of murders, but his involvement is hidden behind his work with a charity aimed at getting vulnerable women off the streets.

As Robicheaux investigates, he is confronted with the possibility that the murders will lead him to a place of absolute darkness and living evil, connected to the one person he will do anything to protect: his daughter...

Praise for one of the great American crime writers, James Lee Burke:

'James Lee Burke is the heavyweight champ, a great American novelist whose work, taken individually or as a whole, is unsurpassed.' Michael Connelly

'A gorgeous prose stylist.' Stephen King

'Richly deserves to be described now as one of the finest crime writers America has ever produced.' Daily Mail

Fans of Dennis Lehane, Michael Connelly and Don Winslow will love James Lee Burke

Each James Lee Burke novel can be read as a standalone or in series order

Dave Robicheaux Series

1. 
   

   The Neon Rain

   
   


2. 
   

   Heaven's Prisoners

   
   


3. 
   

   Black Cherry Blues

   
   


4. 
   

   A Morning for Flamingos

   
   


5. 
   

   A Stained White Radiance

   
   


6. 
   

   In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead

   
   


7. 
   

   Dixie City Jam

   
   


8. 
   

   Burning Angel

   
   


9. 
   

   Cadillac Jukebox

   
   


10. 
    

    Sunset Limited

    
    


11. 
    

    Purple Cane Road

    
    


12. 
    

    Jolie Blon's Bounce

    
    


13. 
    

    Last Car to Elysian Fields

    
    


14. 
    

    Crusader's Cross

    
    


15. 
    

    Pegasus Descending

    
    


16. 
    

    The Tin Roof Blowdown

    
    


17. 
    

    Swan Peak

    
    


18. 
    

    The Glass Rainbow

    
    


19. 
    

    Creole Belle

    
    


20. 
    

    Light of the World

    
    


21. 
    

    Robicheaux

    
    

Hackberry Holland Series

1. 
   

   Lay Down My Sword and Shield

   
   


2. 
   

   Rain Gods

   
   


3. 
   

   Feast Day of Fools

   
   


4. 
   

   House of the Rising Sun

   
   

Billy Bob Holland Series

1. 
   

   Cimarron Rose

   
   


2. 
   

   Heartwood

   
   


3. 
   

   Bitterroot

   
   


4. 
   

   In The Moon of Red Ponies