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Description edit
Ex-cop Dave Robicheaux: His wife had been murdered ... Now they're after his little girl... From the Louisiana bayou to Montana's tribal lands,he's running front the bottle, a homicide rap, aprofessional killer ... and the demons of his past.
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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.
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- Alafair Robicheaux
Setting & Locations edit
- New Iberia, Louisiana: Small town not far from New Orleans, where Dave Robicheaux is a police detective.
- Lafayette, Louisiana
First Sentence edit
Her hair is curly and gold on the pillow, her skin white in the heat lightning that trembles beyond the pecan trees outside the bedroom window.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 3 of 19 in Robicheaux. (standard series)
Preceded by Heaven's Prisoners, and followed by A Morning for Flamingos.
Authors & Contributors edit
- James Lee Burke (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Little Brown
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1989
ISBN: 0316116998
Page Count: 304
Publisher: Little Brown
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1989
ISBN: 0316116998
Page Count: 304
Awards edit
- Edgar Award (1990: Best Novel)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PS3552.U723 B5 1989
- 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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