Heaven's Prisoners - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0671676296 ISBN 13: 9780671676292

Publisher: Pocket Books

Synopsis

James Lee Burke's second Robicheaux novel takes the detective out of New Orleans and into the bayou as he seeks a quieter life.

Vietnam vet Dave Robicheaux has turned in his detective's badge, is winning his battle against booze, and has left New Orleans with his wife for the tranquil beauty of Louisiana's bayous. But a plane crash on the Gulf brings a young girl into his life--and with her comes a netherworld of murder, deception, and homegrown crime. Suddenly Robicheaux is confronting Bubba Rocque, a brutal hood he's known since childhood; Rocque's hungry Cajun wife; and a Federal agent with more guts than sense. In a backwater world where a swagger and a gun go further than the law, Robicheaux and those he loves are caught on a tide of violence far bigger than them all...

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Review:

Elmore Leonard

Burke tells a story in a style all his own: language that's alive, electric; he's a master at setting mood, laying in atmosphere, all with quirky, raunchy dialogue that's a delight.

New York "Newsday"

A fine, compelling novel.

"Kansas City Star"

Riveting...Burke is a master.

"The Philadelphia Inquirer"

Fine, intelligent prose, gritty yet poetic.

New York "Newsday"A fine, compelling novel.

"Kansas City Star"Riveting...Burke is a master.

"The Philadelphia Inquirer"Fine, intelligent prose, gritty yet poetic.

Elmore LeonardBurke tells a story in a style all his own: language that's alive, electric; he's a master at setting mood, laying in atmosphere, all with quirky, raunchy dialogue that's a delight.

Elmore Leonard Burke tells a story in a style all his own: language that's alive, electric; he's a master at setting mood, laying in atmosphere, all with quirky, raunchy dialogue that's a delight.

New York "Newsday" A fine, compelling novel.

Book Description:

The second Dave Robicheaux novel from the award-winning crime writer.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pocket Books
• ISBN 10: 0671676296
• ISBN 13: 9780671676292
• Binding: Paperback