Long-Legged Fly

Long-Legged Fly Synopsis

The first Lew Griffin novelThere are those who vanish into the steaming New Orleans night - and it is part time Private Investigator, Repo-man and blues afficionado Lew Griffin's job to find them. A prisoner of the bottle, his past and his skin, Griffin knows every hidden corner of Hell - and is on intimate terms with the demons who dwell there.

But the disappearance of a militant woman activist is about to set Griffin on a roller-coaster careening towards rock bottom - carrying the brilliant, tormented black P.I. ever closer to a nightmare that threatens to hit him where he lives - and more brutally than he ever imagined possible. 'Classic American crime of the highest order' - Time Out'An unsung genius of crime writing' - Independent on Sunday'He's right up there, one of the best of the best.

His series of novels about private eye Lew Griffin is thoughtful, challenging and beautifully written' - Iain Sinclair, Guardian'James Sallis is a superb writer' - The TimesDon't miss the other novels in the Lew Griffin series: The Long Legged Fly, Moth, Black Hornet, Eye of the Cricket, Bluebottle and Ghost of a Flea.