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Desire is still the meanest street of them all in New Orlean and now Police Detective Skip Langdon finds herself on its shady side Councilwoman Bebe Fortier has misplaced her husband, United Oil V-P Russell Fortier. Across town, part-time detective/poet Talba Wallis has a simple wish--to find out what Russell Fortier’s disappearance has to do with her. But the private investigator who hired Talba to spy on Fortier can’t help her out. He’s lying dead in his office. Reporter Jane Storey is also walking down that mean, sultry street--she’s on the brink of the biggest story of her life. But she’s got a bad feeling she’s being played like a deck of cards by a mysterious tipster with a malevolent agenda. Skip Langdon soon senses something big starting to unfold. Something rooted in corruption, resulting in violence--and motivated by that old demon … desire.