The second Lew Griffin novel One of the very few lights from Lew Griffin's dark and violent past has flickered out. His one-time lover, La Verne Adams is dead - and her daughter, Alouette, has vanished into a seamy, dead-end world of users and abusers... leaving behind a crack-addicted infant and a mystery. Abandoning his former career for the safe respectability of teaching, Lew Griffin now spends his time in an old house in the garden district - determined to keep his distance from the lowlife temptations of the New Orleans night. But an inescapable obligation to an old friend is drawing the tormented black ex-P.I. to danger like a moth to a flame. And there will be no turning back when his history comes calling and the dying begins again. 'Classic American crime of the highest order' - Time Out 'An unsung genius of crime writing' - Independent on Sunday 'He's right up there, one of the best of the best. His series of novels about private eye Lew Griffin is thoughtful, challenging and beautifully written' - Iain Sinclair, Guardian 'James Sallis is a superb writer' - The Times Don't miss the other novels in the Lew Griffin series: The Long Legged Fly, Moth, Black Hornet, Eye of the Cricket, Bluebottle and Ghost of a Flea.
"'An intelligent, enigmatic book . . . engrossing and disturbing'"
New York Times
"'There is danger, violence, suspense; there are characters so vivid as to be documentaries in miniature and milieus as perceived by all the senses . . . the reader has to hope the remarkable biography of Lew Griffin will continue'"
Los Angeles Times
"'Another walk on Louisiana's wild side ... even stronger than The Long-Legged Fly'"
