Voodoo River

Voodoo River by Robert Crais. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780752827544.

Hired to uncover the past of Jodi Taylor, an actress in a hit TV show, Elvis leaves his native Los Angeles to head for Louisiana in search of Jodis biological parents. But before he can tackle the mystery of the actresss background, he is up against a whole host of eccentrics, including a crazed Raid-spraying housewife, a Cajun thug who looks like hes been made out of spare parts, and a menacing hundred-year-old river turtle named Luther. As Elvis learns about the enigmatic actresss origins, he also discovers the real reason hes been sent to Louisiana ...