โ Scribed by James Lee Burke
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The Fontenot family has lived as sharecroppers on Bertrand land for as long as anyone in New Iberia, Louisiana, can remember. So why are they now being forced from their homes? And what does the murder of Della Landrythe girlfriend of New Orleans fixer Sonny Boy Marsallushave to do with it?
Marsallus's secrets seem tied to those of the Fontenots. But can Detective Dave Robicheaux make sense of it all before there is more bloodshed? In James Lee Burke's intense and powerful new bestseller, Robicheux digs deep into the bad blood and dirty secrets of Louisiana's pastwhile having to confront a rag-tag alliance of local mobsters and hired assassin.
Ex-cop Dave Robicheaux: his wife has been murdered and now they're after his little girl. From the Louisiana bayou to Montana's tribal lands, he's running from the bottle, a homicide rap, a professional killer . . . and the demons of his past. "The plot crackles with suspense."--Los Angeles Times Book Review.
Library : General
Universes : Dave Robicheaux [08]
Formats : EPUB
ISBN : 9780786889044
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