TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN

New Orleans is awash with corpses after Hurricane Katrina unleashes itsawesome power. In a city patrolled only by looters, all law and ordergone, the survivors wait in trees or on rooftops for help that nevercomes. In a landscape transformed into a violent wasteland, DaveRobicheaux must investigate the shooting of two looters and find out whysome very dangerous people are hunting a third. Is it because theyunwittingly ransacked the house of a notorious mob boss? Or did a chanceencounter with the father of a raped girl seal their fate? As Robicheauxstarts to uncover a ruthless tale of greed, torture and murder, his ownfamily comes under threat from a sinister psychopath, and the devastatedcity provides the perfect stage for a final confrontation between good andevil.