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Under the Bright Lights (Rene Shade, Bk 1)
Under the Bright Lights - Rene Shade, Bk 1 Author:Daniel Woodrell Jewell Cobb had come to Saint Bruno to climb on the gravy train of the big city. Now, as he tucked the Beretta into his waistband, he sensed he was about to turn his midnight fantasies into the stuff of legends - and all it needed was one killing. — For the authorities it seemed a simple enough case - a burglar caught in the act, and two bullets ... more »fired in panic. Unfortunately the dead man happened to be a councilman with big political ambitions. So find the burglar, and you find the killer. As simple as that...
But for police detective Rene Shade it wasn't simple at all. The job was too neat, the bullets too carefully placed. Stubbornly he follows a twisting trail through the sleazy Cajun quarter and out into the murky, snake-infested swamps.
It's a trail that leads to corruption, betrayal, and yet more murder.« less