Publication: Henry Holt and Company, 1988, New York
First edition. Signed by the author. Pages evenly tanned else fine in dust jacket. Vietnam vet, Dave Robicheaux, has turned in his detective's badge, is winning his battle against booze, and has left New Orleans with his wife for the peaceful beauty of Louisiana's bayous. But a plane crash on the Gulf brings a young girl into his life - and with her comes murder, deception and home-grown crime. Suddenly Robicheaux is confronting Bubba Rocque, a brutal hood he's known since childhood; Rocque's hungry Cajun wife; and a Federal agent with more guts than sense.
Inventory Number: 18917