Dave Robicheaux is certainly back in this powerful NY Situations bestseller that needs him in to the underbelly of New Iberia’s mafia to resolve the brutal murder of two teenage girls.

Whenever a beautiful teenage girl is killed, New Iberia police detective Dave Robicheaux senses that this most likely suspect, Tee Bobby Hulin, isn’t the actual killer. Though a drug addict and general neer-do-well, Hulin just doesn’t suit the profile because of this kind of crime. He’s a Cajun blues singer (one of his songs is entitled “ about Jolie Blon’s Jump Jolie Blon’s Jump”), and he’s been raised by his grandmother Ladice Hulin, a proud and strong-willed black woman.

However when there’s another, similar murder-this sufferer a drugged-out prostitute who happens to be the daughter of 1 of the local mafia bigwigs-the cries for an arrest become too loud to ignore. The mafia physique, however, prefers to consider matters in his very own hand and sets out to find-and punish-the killer himself. Once more, Tee Bobby Hulin seems the most likely suspect.

Added to the mixture of characters on the good guy side of the total amount sheet is usually Clete Purcel, a long-time buddy of Robicheaux’s and a verified boozer and womanizer. Arriving at New Iberia for a visit, Clete can be quickly drawn into the struggle between your various causes of wicked in the town: Jimmy Dean Designs, a black guy intent on maintaining his empire of problem; Joe Zeroski, a trailer-park mafioso with palatial aspirations-and of course Legion Guidrey, the devil incarnate.