November 18. 1917. America has begun to just send troops "Over There" as part of the Great War effort. The Roaring Twenties are on the horizon. And in New Orleans, Storyville is closing its doors after twenty years as the only legally-sanctioned the red-light district in American history On the morning of this last twenty-four hours, private detective Valentin St. Cyr rises to be greeted by a shot fired through the window of the bedroom he shares with is wife Justine. And so begins "The Day Ends at Dawn," the seventh and final novel in David Fulmer's acclaimed St. Cyr series.