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ABOUT THE BOOK:Detective Dave Robicheaux\\u2019s world isn\\u2019t filled with too many happy stories, but Desmond Cormier\\u2019s rags-to-riches tale is certainly one of them. Robicheaux first met Cormier on the streets of New Orleans, when the young, undersized boy had foolish dreams of becoming a Hollywood director.
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Twenty-five years later, when Robicheaux knocks on Cormier\\u2019s door, it isn\\u2019t to congratulate him on his Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations. Robicheaux has discovered the body of a young woman who\\u2019s been crucified, wearing only a small chain on her ankle. She disappeared near Cormier\\u2019s Cyrpemort Point estate, and Robicheaux, along with young deputy, Sean McClain, are looking for answers. Neither Cormier nor his enigmatic actor friend Antoine Butterworth are saying much, but Robicheaux knows better.
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As always, Clete Purcel and Davie\\u2019s daughter, Alafair, have Robicheaux\\u2019s back. Clete witnesses the escape of Texas inmate, Hugo Tillinger, who may hold the key to Robicheaux\\u2019s case. As they wade further into the investigation, they end up in the crosshairs of the mob, the deranged Chester Wimple, and the dark ghosts Robicheaux has been running from for years. Ultimately, it\\u2019s up to Robicheaux to stop them all, but he\\u2019ll have to summon a light he\\u2019s never seen or felt to save himself, and those he loves. 

ABOUT JAMES LEE BURKE:James Lee Burke is a New York Times bestselling author, two-time winner of the Edgar Award, and the recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts in Fiction. A legend of the mystery genre, he has authored thirty-six novels and two short story collections. He lives in Missoula, Montana.

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