London: Orion, (2000). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The eleventh novel in this award winning series featuring Detective Dave Robicheaux novel, set in New Orleans and in the bayous of Louisiana. In this he "embarks on a painful journey to a murky past when he is told that his mother Mae was a hooker and ended her life drowned in a mud puddle by two cops working for the Mob." SIGNED on the title page. The UK edition preceded the US edition. 341 pp. ISBN: 0-752825577.