In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead (Dave Robicheaux Series, Book #6) by James Lee Burke
In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead (Dave Robicheaux Series, Book #6) by James Lee Burke
Elwood Sykes is the star of the Civil War movie being shot in New Iberia. After Detective Robicheaux busts the Hollywood actor for drunk driving, Sykes mentions the discovery during filming at a marsh of a skeleton wrapped in chains. There, in 1957, Robichaux witnessed -- but remained silent about -- the killing of a chained black man by two white men. As the guilt-ridden detective tries to identify the victim, a series of dreamlike encounters with a troop of Confederate soldiers leads Robicheaux to local mob kingpin and key backer of the movie Baby Feet Balboni. A collision between the past and present forces Robicheaux into action to redeem himself and save the one person he loves most.
Simon and Schuster, Softcover, 1993, 2018
THIS IS A BRAND NEW BOOK.