Book Review: James Lee Burke’s The New Iberia Blues
The shocking death of a young woman leads Detective Dave Robicheaux into the dark corners of Hollywood, the mafia, and the backwoods of Louisiana in this gripping mystery.
The shocking death of a young woman leads Detective Dave Robicheaux into the dark corners of Hollywood, the mafia, and the backwoods of Louisiana in this gripping mystery.
Depressed and alone, Dave Robicheaux, needs a cause. Especially after he falls off the wagon and may have murdered the man who took Molly’s life.
Sadist and serial killer Asa Surrette has escaped prison and is after Alafair, Dave Robicheaux’s daughter. He’s not happy about a series of damning articles Alafair has written…
Healing since the shoot-out, it’s Dave Robicheaux’s morphine-addled mind that conjures spectral visions of Tee Jolie Melton, a young woman who really has gone missing. He becomes a man obsessed as he unearths connections between global and personal tragedies, facing down forces that can corrupt and destroy the best of men.
Pushed to pursue political office, Hack would prefer to drink, look after his horses, and represent the occasional pro bono case. Then he tries to help an old army buddy and is embroiled in the seamy underbelly of Texas politics.
When a man is tortured to death in the desert, Sheriff Hackberry Holland investigates a dangerous and mysterious Chinese woman known for sheltering illegals.