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A pochi giorni dalla sua esecuzione, Caleb Wardell, ex cecchino del corpo dei marines divenuto uno dei più efferati serial killer della storia del crimine, evade dal braccio della morte. Un duro colpo per la credibilità delle forze dell'ordine alla vigilia delle elezioni presidenziali e un incubo che si rinnova ad anni di distanza dall'ultimo tragico delitto. Riconquistata la libertà, l'ex marine riprende il lavoro interrotto al momento della sua cattura, tornando a uccidere e insanguinare il Paese. L'FBI, beffato dalla sua evasione, ricorre all'aiuto di Carter Blake.

Repairman Jack is back! Jack can fix any problem, natural or supernatural, for a price. Now, in his next gripping adventure, he takes on two cases at once. The first involves a nun being blackmailed. What’s in those photos, she won’t say, but with her meager savings just about exhausted, she hires Jack to help her. The second: an elderly woman needs Jack to find her missing son. Jack must infiltrate the inner reaches of the Dormentalist Church, a secretive, globe-spanning cult whose members include some of the biggest and most powerful names in entertainment, sports, and politics.

A modern, Southern reinvention of The Maltese Falcon, Crossroad Blues won noir fans with its nod to the masters and thrilled readers with a wild ride along Highway 61. It’s here that we first meet Nick Travers, an ex-New Orleans Saint turned Tulane University blues historian. Nick searches for the lost recordings of 1930s bluesman Robert Johnson—and a missing colleague—and finds trouble at every turn.