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Description edit
Clutching the shards, of his shattered life, Cajun detective Dave Robicheaux has rejoined the New lberia police force. His partner is dead -- slain during a condemned prisoner's bloodyflight to freedom that left Robicheaux critically wounded...and reawakened the ghost of his haunted, violent... read more
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Characters edit
- Dave Robicheaux: Recurring homicide detective. He once worked for the New Orleans Police Department, but is currently a deputy sheriff in New Iberia, Louisiana. He is a Vietnam War veteran, and suffers from war demons and alcoholism. His first wife was murdered. His current wife, Bootsie, suffers from lupus.
- Tony Cardo: Add a description of this character.
- Cletus Purcel: Dave Robicheaux’s best friend. Helps him out in difficult situations
- Alafair Robicheaux
First Sentence edit
We parked the car in front of the parish jail and listened to the rain beat on the roof.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 4 of 19 in Robicheaux. (standard series)
Preceded by Black Cherry Blues, and followed by A Stained White Radiance.
Authors & Contributors edit
- James Lee Burke (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Little Brown & Co
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1990
ISBN: 0316117218
Page Count: 352
Publisher: Little Brown & Co
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1990
ISBN: 0316117218
Page Count: 352
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PS3552.U723 M66 1990
- Dewey: 813.54
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Links to Supplemental Material edit
- Wikipedia Article on Dave Robicheaux: Once an officer for the New Orleans police department, Robicheaux constantly breaches the ethical code over the course of just about every case he works on - seemingly without consequence - and currently pursues cases in New Iberia, Louisiana as sheriff's deputy. He is a recovering alcoholic whose demons stem from his service in the Vietnam War and his impoverished difficult childhood in rural Louisiana; his mother abandoned the family (and was later murdered) and his father died in an oil rig explosion.
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