Calude Ledet has too much time on his hands and a cumbersome attachment to Mona, a woman obsessed with marriage. One night, in a smoky bar in New Orleans, Claude meets Alexandra, beautiful, skittish, independent, and twenty years his junior. When Alexandra’s wealthy friend Diana falls pregnant, Claude is persuaded to accompany Alex to Diana’s mansion hidden deep in the bayou. Here Claude learns the disturbing story of a man who looked like him, a man who was also involved with Alexandra and who was found murdered in a hotel room.
Author of The Ghost of the Mary Celeste
