This was the first novel of James Lee Burke’s to feature Dave Robicheaux then a New Orleans cop. The Neon Rain[ISBN 0 09 941563 1] was first published in 1987 and I must have missed it. The plots are always good, and the characters fascinating, and altogether the New Orleans/Bayou swamps atmosphere pervades the book.
This was the first novel of James Lee Burke’s to feature Dave Robicheaux then a New Orleans cop. The Neon Rain[ISBN 0 09 941563 1] was first published in 1987 and I must have missed it. The plots are always good, and the characters fascinating, and altogether the New Orleans/Bayou swamps atmosphere pervades the book.
A convicted killer warns Dave Robicheaux that he is on a hitlist – so he moves quickly to try and find out who wants him dead before whoever it is catches up with him. At the same time he is trying to investigate the brutal murder of a young black girl found in the swamp but finds opposition at every turn.
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