The daughter of Detective Robicheaux's dead friend suddenly appears in New Iberia, and he must confront his past as he tried to determine her motives and possible crimes.

The arrival in New Iberia of Trish Klein, the daughter of Robicheaux's long-dead Vietnam-era buddy Dallas, leads to a tangled case involving painful memories, forgery, and murder.

A summer getaway in Montana for Dave Robicheaux's family and friends is violently shattered by the arrival of serial killer and prison escapee Asa Surrette.

In New Orleans after hurricane Katrina, Cajun police detective Dave Robicheaux investigates several crimes including a dangerous vigilante.