A sweltering hot summer in Haiti. Inspector Dieuswalwe Azémar considers himself a failure: unable to come to terms with the rampant corruption, he will always be seen as a loser, with only alcohol to provide him solace. However, when his daughter's life is threatened by the machinations of a cult, he rediscovers his instincts as an elite police officer. Once again, the Dirty Harry of Port-au-Prince takes up his Beretta and a lot of rum to fight against crime, corruption, and occult forces. What lies behind the Church of the Blood of the Apostles? What does his daughter's dream mean? And what does all this have to do with the strange transformation happening with his former assistant? A voodoo crime story with all the elements that make Inspector Azémar a cult figure in Haiti, the more bizarre, the more realistic.