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"Tense, page-turning thriller."
Reviewed by Sue Burke
Posted January 14, 2005

After spending six long years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, Nick Bastille returns home to Bellerose, Louisiana. While he was incarcerated, Nick's young son accidentally drowned. Going back home like a whipped dog with his tail between his legs isn't the way Nick envisioned his life turning Read more...

"Fabulous taut paranormal thriller"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted January 28, 2005

After eighteen years away including six in prison on arson and insurance fraud, restaurateur Nick Bastille comes home to Bellerose, Louisiana. He obtains a job at a dive of a bar the Blue Gator and reflects how far he has fallen from his New Orleans restaurant. His father Read more...

Summary

Nat Jennings nearly died the night her family was murdered—and spent the next three years wishing she had. Now she is returning to the bayou town of Bellerose, Louisiana, driven by cryptic messages only she can hear—messages pleading for her help . . .

After serving six years for a crime he didn't commit, Nick Bastille is back in Bellerose, mourning his precious son, who drowned while Nick was in prison, unable to protect him. But when Nat approaches him with a shocking revelation, his denial slowly turns into a desire for revenge.

Together they will hunt for a merciless killer who nearly destroyed them both once before—and is now preparing to finish them off once and for all . . .