A Private Cathedral (Dave Robicheaux, Bk. 23)

Detective Dave Robicheaux returns in this gritty crime thriller full of tension, moral conflict, and suspense. In A Private Cathedral, Robicheaux is drawn into the most perilous chapter of his long career when star-crossed lovers Isolde and Johnny — heirs to rival criminal empires in Louisiana — vanish together. As Robicheaux and his partner Clete Purcel dig deeper into the violent feud between New Iberia’s most powerful families, they confront betrayals, hitmen, and haunting shadows from Robicheaux’s own past. The investigation forces him to face not only the brutality of organized crime but also the personal demons that have followed him his whole life.

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