Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
In the latest installment in his famous Detective Dave
Robicheaux series, New York Times bestselling author James Lee Burke
brings Dave's partner and friend Clete Purcel to the forefront for the first
time as Clete and Dave attempt to stop ruthless smugglers of a dangerous new
drugClete Purcel - private investigator, ex-member of the New
Orleans Police Department, and war veteran with a hard shell and just a few
soft spots - is Dave Robicheaux's longtime friend and partner in detective
work. But he has a troubled past. When Clete leaves his car at the local car
wash, only to return to find it ransacked by a group of thugs tied to the drug
trade from Mexican cartels to Louisiana, it feels personal - his grandniece
died of a fentanyl overdose, and his fists curl when he thinks of the dealers
who sold it.
Just as Clete starts to trail the culprits, Clara Bow, a
woman with a dark past hires Clete as a detective to investigate her scheming,
slippery ex-husband, and a string of brutal deaths all link back to a heavily
tattooed man who seems to lurk around every corner. Clete is experiencing shockingly
lifelike hallucinations and questioning Clara's ulterior motives when he and
Dave start to hear rumors of a dangerous substance with potentially
catastrophic effects. The thugs who destroyed his car might have been pawns in
a scheme far darker than they could've imagined.
Gripping, violent, yet interlaced with Clete's humor and
consistent drive to protect those he loves, Clete brings a fresh
perspective to a truly iconic series. James Lee Burke proves yet again that he
is the "heavyweight champ" and "great American novelist whose work, taken
individually or as a whole, is unsurpassed" (Michael Connelly).