Cimarron Rose by James Lee Burke - ISBN: 9780752816104
Paperback
Small town secrets, twisted justice: innocence is a dangerous game.

Cimarron Rose

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  • Paperback

    384 pages

  • Release Date

    1 July 1998

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Summary

Lucas Smothers, nineteen and from the wrong end of town, has been arrested for the rape and murder of a local girl. His lawyer Billy Bob Holland is convinced of Lucas’s innocence, but proving it means unearthing the truth from a seething mass of deceit and corruption. A corruption endemic in the way it can be only in a gossipy small town where everybody knows everybody else’s business.

Billy Bob’s relationship with Lucas’s family is not an easy one - years back he was a close friend o…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780752816104
ISBN-10:0752816101
Author:James Lee Burke
Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
Imprint:Orion
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:384
Release Date:1 July 1998
Weight:260g
Dimensions:196mm x 128mm x 26mm
Series:Billy Bob Holland
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Critics Review

James Lee Burke is the heavyweight champ, a great American novelist whose work, taken individually or as a whole, is unsurpassed. * Michael Connelly *A gorgeous prose stylist. * Stephen King *Richly deserves to be described now as one of the finest crime writers America has ever produced. * Daily Mail *There are not many crime writers about whom one might invoke the name of Zola for comparison, but Burke is very much in that territory. His stamping ground is the Gulf coast, and one of the great strengths of his work has always been the atmospheric background of New Orleans and the bayous. His big, baggy novels are always about much more than the mechanics of the detective plot; his real subject, like the French master, is the human condition, seen in every situation of society. * Independent *The king of Southern noir. * Daily Mirror *His lyrical prose, his deep understanding of what makes people behave as they do, and his control of plot and pace are masterly. * Sunday Telegraph *One of the finest American writers. * Guardian *When it comes to literate, pungently characterised American crime writing, James Lee Burke has few peers. * Daily Express *

About The Author

James Lee Burke

James Lee Burke is the author of many previous novels, including twelve featuring Detective Dave Robicheaux. He lives with his wife, Pearl, in Missoula, Montana and New Iberia, Louisiana.

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