New Orleans private detective Nick Grayson has seen it all--or so he thinks. When Emily Turner walks into his office, everything changes. Her brother is dead, and the deeper Nick digs, the murkier the truth becomes. With his secretary Lisa at his side and a few unreliable allies--including a flashy reporter and a suspicious cop--Nick unravels a web of lies and betrayal that lead him into the city's darkest corners. Caught between the corruption of Mayor Raymond Fontaine, the brutality of mafia boss Sal Moretti, and the shadowy ambition of Colonel Victor Thornwood, Nick must face his own demons while trying to stay alive long enough to find the truth. The deeper Nick digs, the more he realizes that in New Orleans, nothing is as it seems--not even the line between the living and the dead.