<p><b>The outstanding first book in the ever-popular Dave Robicheaux series.</b><br><br>Introducing the New Orleans detective Dave Robicheaux.<br><br>Johnny Massina, a convicted murderer bound for the electric chair, has warned Dave Robicheaux that he's on somebody's hit list, and now the homicide detective is trying to discover just who that is before he ends up dead. <br><br>Meanwhile he has taken on the murder investigation of a young black girl found dead in the Bayou Swamp - a case no one seems keen for him to investigate. But Robicheaux persists and uncovers a web of corruption that some would kill to protect, leading him to a terrifying confrontation with the one horror he fears most of all.<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>