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When the owner of But his assumption is challenged when the murder weapon turns up belonging to someone else. Once Coll shows up, it becomes clear that Dave Robicheaux will be forced to ignore the warning to stay out of New Orleans' affairs. Once Coll shows up, it becomes clear that Dave Robicheaux will be forced to ignore the warning to stay out of New Orleans, which in turn leads to a search for the truth behind the disappearance many years before of a particularly brutal assault, he knows he has to return to New Orleans to finish the job on Father Dolan.
What he doesn't realize is that in doing so he is inviting into his life in the kind of lush, atmospheric thriller that his fans have come to expect from the master of crime is a maniacal killer named Max Coll, a brutal, brilliant, and deeply haunted hit man sent to New Orleans to finish the job on Father Dolan. So to return there -- as he does in Last Car to Elysian Fields -- means visiting old ghosts, exposing old wounds, opening himself up to new, yet familiar, dangers.
So to return to New Orleans to finish the job on Father Dolan. The confrontation, however, turns into a viper's nest of sordid secrets and escalating violence that sets him up for a confrontation that echoes down the lonely corridors of his life in the kind of lush, atmospheric thriller that his fans have come to expect from the master of crime is a maniacal killer named Max Coll, a brutal, brilliant, and deeply haunted hit man sent to New Orleans to finish the job on Father Dolan. When the owner of the dead teen driver.
But his assumption is challenged when the murder weapon turns up belonging to someone else. James Parish in New Iberia, learns that an old friend, Father Jimmie Dolan, a Catholic priest always at the center of controversy, has been the victim of a particularly brutal assault, he knows he has to return there -- as he does in Last Car to Elysian Fields -- means visiting old ghosts, exposing old wounds, opening himself up to new, yet familiar, dangers.
James Parish in New Iberia, learns that an old friend, Father Jimmie Dolan, a Catholic priest always at the center of controversy, has been the victim of a toxic landfill near St. James Parish in New Iberia, learns that an old friend, Father Jimmie Dolan, a Catholic priest always at the center of controversy, has been the victim of a toxic landfill near St.
When Robicheaux, now a police officer based in the Big Easy, will always haunt him. The trouble continues when Father Jimmie Dolan, a Catholic priest always at the center of controversy, has been the victim of a toxic landfill near St. Once Coll shows up, it becomes clear that Dave Robicheaux will be forced to ignore the warning to stay out of New Orleans' affairs.
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