“James Lee Burke is a true American treasure. He is a wordsmith. His lead character, Dave Robicheaux, must wrestle with his own demons while trying to solve very complex crimes in a very complex part of the world, the area between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, Louisiana. His characters jump off the page as real. The story settings are so accurate the reader feels the weather, the dampness, the humidity, the heat of the sun. But it is Robicheaux's willingness to deeply examine his own demons,...”

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