"One of the best novels of the year from one of the very best writers
at work today."--Rocky Mountain News
The townspeople of New Iberia, Louisiana, didn't crucify Megan Flynn's
father. They just didn't catch whoever pinned him to a barn wall with
sixteen-penny nails.
Decades later, Megan, now a world-famous photojournalist, has come back
to the bayou, looking for cop Dave Robicheaux. It was Dave who found the
body of labor leader Jack Flynn. The sight changed the boy, shaped him
as a man. And after forty years, Robicheaux is still haunted by the
bizarre unsolved slaying.
Now Megan's return has stirred up the ghosts of the long-buried past,
igniting a storm of violence that will rip apart lives of blacks and
whites in this bayou country. And for a good cop with bad memories, hard
desire, and chilling nightmares, the time has come to uncover the truth.