Audio Book Description:
For Dave Robicheaux, life in Louisianais filled with hauntingmemories of the past. In Crusader`s Cross, a deathbed confession from an old schoolmateresurrects a story of injustic,the murder of a young woman, and a time in Robicheaux`s life he has tried to forget. Her name may or may not have been Ida Durbin. It was back in the innocent daysof the 1950s when Robicheaux and his brother, Jimmie, met her on a Galvestonbeach. She was pretty and Jimmie fell for her hard- not knowing she was a prostitute on infamous Post Office Street,with ties to the mob. Then Idawas abducted and never seen again. Now, decades later, Robicheaux is asking questions about Ida Durbin, and acouple of redneck deputy sheriffs makeit clear that asking questions is a dangerous game. With a series of horrifying murders and the sudden appearance of Valentine Chalons and hissister, Robicheaux is soon involved withthe murderous energies of the New Orleans underworld.
