In 1960s New Orleans, a sniper has killed five people. When the sixth victim is killed, Lew Griffin is standing beside her. Though they are virtual strangers, it is left to Griffin to avenge her death, or at least to try and make sens...

A derelict has appeared in a New Orleans hospital claiming to be Lewis Griffin and displaying a copy of one of Lew's novels. It is the beginning of a quest that will take the real detective/writer Lew Griffin into his own past.

Lew Griffin is alone in the dark in his old New Orleans house. Behind him, on the bed, is a body. He thinks if he doesnt speak, doesnt think about what happened, somehow things will be all right.

As black private detective Lew Griffin pursues a seemingly hopeless missing-person case through the steamy French Quarter of New Orleans, he realizes that his own life has come to resemble those of the people he is attempting to find.

A brilliant new protagonist and his memorable community are introduced in the latest masterpiece by acclaimed novelist James Sallis.In his celebrated career, James Sallis has created some of the most finely drawn protagonists in crime...