In a time of anger, activism, and bitter racial tensions, a sniper has appeared to heat up an already sweltering New Orleans summer - by tearing up innocent people like paper targets. The shooter's sixth fatality is cut down while she is walking at Lew Griffin's side. the victim was white. Griffin ius black - a reluctant young p.i. whose poet's heart has already ben hardened by amoral injustice and heavy drink. And though he had only just met his unfortunate companion, Griffin knows it's up to him to find her killer - before a madman puts the final match to a volatile urban tinderbox.
"...Haunting . . . Sallis writes poetic rings around the subject..." - Marilyn Stasio, New York Times
"...Sallis is a superb writer and this is his best novel yet!..." - Michael Moorcock,
"...Sallis is a gifted polymath: poet, biographer, translator, essayist, musician and prolific (if criminally neglected) novelist. His Turner books are little gems, with their sharp descriptions and melancholy reflections...." - Adam Woog, Seattle Times
