The pulse-pounding new thriller featuring FBI agent Franco Patrese, in New Orleans on the hunt for a warped serial killer as Hurricane Katrina threatens the city. New Orleans, Summer 2005: New FBI agent Franco Patrese is intrigued when the attractive PA to the city's richest man requests a secret meeting. She has information regarding an unthinkable conspiracy, and will trust no-one else. The next day she's dead -- the victim of a bizarre ritual murder -- and Patrese finds himself drawn into the murkiest of underworlds, piecing together connections between the city's seediest players and her top officials. Only two things remain certain -- there are huge secrets hidden in these cesspools of corruption and crime, and some people will do anything to keep them that way. And all the while, the city's apocalypse looms. Her name is Katrina, and she's taking aim! -- From Amazon.com Product Description