The first Lew Griffin novel
There are those who vanish into the steaming New Orleans night — and it is part time Private Investigator, Repo-man and blues afficionado Lew Griffin's job to find them. A prisoner of the bottle, his past and his skin, Griffin knows every hidden corner of Hell — and is on intimate terms with the demons who dwell there. But the disappearance of a militant woman activist is about to set Griffin on a roller-coaster careening towards rock bottom — carrying the brilliant, tormented black P.I. ever closer to a nightmare that threatens to hit him where he lives — and more brutally than he ever imagined possible.
'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.
