A rainy late-summer night finds Dave Robicheaux in a New Orleans bar, about to confront the man who may have savagely assaulted his friend, Father Jimmie Dolan. Robicheaux is drawn deeper into a viper's nest of sordid secrets and escalating violence that sets him up for a confrontation that echoes o...

A rainy late-summer night finds Dave Robicheaux in a New Orleans bar, about to confront the man who may have savagely assaulted his friend, Father Jimmie Dolan. Robicheaux is drawn deeper into a viper's nest of sordid secrets and escalating violence that sets him up for a confrontation that echoes of his past.