The first mistake. Dead: an ordinary man in a pressed suit and tie. Just the latest in a string of losers in the wrong place at the most disastrous time. Not the kind of case to yank New Orleans homicide detective Guy Gautreaux away from his leave in Toussaint, Louisiana – the only home to offer him a sense of purpose after a tragedy that nearly destroyed his life.

The second mistake. Also in Toussaint is someone Guy will do anything – even open up a dead cold case – to shelter … Jilly Gable is desperate to find the love of the family who abandoned her as a child, and when the wife of a powerful New Orleans antique dealer, loan shark and twisted degenerate, sweeps into town claiming to be her mother, Jilly is all too willing to love and forget.

The final reckoning. But slowly and methodically an evil envelops Jilly, and Guy must bare the truth to snatch her back from the edge. Joining the dots between Big Easy and Toussaint all but cinches his case, but Jilly and Guy are drawn deeper into corruption with only each other for protection. Will that be enough?

Large size paperback in very good condition, 459 pages.

The book has been read once and has some light crease on the spine with dog-ear corners on the front cover.

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