In a time of anger, activism, and bitter racial tensions, a sniper has appeared to heat up an already sweltering New Orleans summer - by tearing up innocent people like paper targets. The shooter's sixth fatality is cut down while she is walking at Lew Griffin's side. The victim was white. Griffin is black - a reluctant young p. i. whose poet's heart has already been hardened by amoral injustice and heavy drink. And though he had only just met his unfortunate companion, Griffin knows it's up to him to find her killer - before a madman puts the final match to a volatile urban tinderbox.
Klappentext
In a time of anger, activism, and bitter racial tensions, a sniper has appeared to heat up an already sweltering New Orleans summer - by tearing up innocent people like paper targets. The shooter's sixth fatality is cut down while she is walking at Lew Griffin's side....
Biografie
James Sallis wurde 1944 in Arkansas geboren und verbrachte dort seine Kindheit. Er studierte Literaturwissenschaften in New Orleans und arbeitete anschließend als Lektor und Drehbuchautor. Er übersetzte Raymond Queneau und Puschkin ins Englische und veröffentlichte eine Biographie von Chester Himes. Seine Kriminalromane wurden mehrfach für Literaturpreise nominiert. James Sallis lebt in Phoenix, Arizona.