<p><b>The third highly acclaimed novel in the Dave Robicheaux series, and winner of the Edgar award.</b><br> <br> Personal tragedy has left Dave Robicheaux close to the edge. Battling against his old addiction to alcohol and haunted nightly by vivid dreams and visitations, Dave finds his only tranquillity at home with his young ward Alafair. But even this fragile peace is shattered by the arrival of Dixie Lee Pugh who brings with him a brutal trail of murder and violence.<br> <br> Robicheaux reluctantly agrees to help out his old friend but becomes more involved than he bargained for when he finds himself suspect Number One in the series of bloody killings. Forced to leave his home, Robicheaux's precarious existence reaches breaking point when Alafair's life is threatened.<br> <br> <b>Praise for one of the great American crime writers, James Lee Burke:</b><br> <br> 'James Lee Burke is the heavyweight champ, a great American novelist whose work, taken individually or as a whole, is unsurpassed.' Michael Connelly<br> <br> 'A gorgeous prose stylist.' Stephen King<br> <br> 'Richly deserves to be described now as one of the finest crime writers America has ever produced.' <i>Daily Mail</i><br> <br> <b>Fans of Dennis Lehane, Michael Connelly and Don Winslow will love James Lee Burke:</b><br> <br> <b>Dave Robicheaux Series</b><br> <br> 1. <i>The Neon Rain</i><br> 2. <i>Heaven's Prisoners</i><br> 3. <i>Black Cherry Blues</i><br> 4. <i>A Morning for Flamingos</i><br> 5. <i>A Stained White Radiance</i><br> 6. <i>In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead</i><br> 7. <i>Dixie City Jam</i><br> 8. <i>Burning Angel</i><br> 9. <i>Cadillac Jukebox</i><br> 10. <i>Sunset Limited</i><br> 11. <i>Purple Cane Road</i><br> 12. <i>Jolie Blon's Bounce</i><br> 13. <i>Last Car to Elysian Fields</i><br> 14. <i>Crusader's Cross</i><br> 15. <i>Pegasus Descending</i><br> 16. <i>The Tin Roof Blowdown</i><br> 17. <i>Swan Peak</i><br> 18. <i>The Glass Rainbow</i><br> 19. <i>Creole Belle</i><br> 20. <i>Light of the World</i><br> 21. <i>Robicheaux</i><br> <br> <b>Hackberry Holland Series</b><br> <br> 1. <i>Lay Down My Sword and Shield</i><br> 2. <i>Rain Gods</i><br> 3. <i>Feast Day of Fools</i><br> 4. <i>House of the Rising Sun</i><br> <br> <b>Billy Bob Holland Series</b><br> <br> 1. <i>Cimarron Rose</i><br> 2. <i>Heartwood</i><br> 3. <i>Bitterroot</i><br> 4. <i>In The Moon of Red Ponies</i><br> <br> * Each James Lee Burke novel can be read as a standalone or in series order *</p>