Any mistakes made or liberties taken in the name of fiction are my own. Merci! Thanks also to Deputy Barry Reburn, my in-family consultant on police procedure. The stories were great, the food was even better. Martin Parish, Louisiana, for your generosity with both your time and your knowledge for giving me the real tour of bayou country and a lesson in Lou'siana politics. My sincere thanks and appreciation to Sheriff Charles A. Daigle and Conversational Cajun French by Randall P. My sources include A Dictionary of the Cajun Language by Rev. You will find a glossary for these words and phrases in the back of the book. I have done my best to bring some of the rich flavor of the region to you, in part with the occasional use of Cajun French, a patois as unique to Louisiana as gumbo. It is a place like no other in this country-ecologically, sociologically, culturally, linguistically. This book is dedicated to the many victims who wait for justice, and to the law enforcement professionals who pursue that justice with dogged determination.Ī Thin Dark Line takes place in a setting my longtime readers know is a favorite of mine-Louisiana's French Triangle.

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