Light of the World
$37.80
- Paperback
560 pages
- Release Date
11 November 2014
Summary
James Lee Burke’s legendary detective Dave Robicheaux returns to try to save his daughter from a sadistic killer.
When Detective Dave Robicheaux’s daughter, Alafair, declares her intention to interview a convicted serial killer called Asa Surette, he does all he can to dissuade her. Dave has always encouraged her ambitions as a writer, but as a father he doesn’t want her to be exposed to a man so nakedly evil. And his fears seem well founded when Alafair is visibly sh…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781409128694 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1409128695 |
| Author: | James Lee Burke |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Orion |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 560 |
| Release Date: | 11 November 2014 |
| Weight: | 385g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 40mm |
| Series: | Dave Robicheaux |
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The gentle giant of US crime writers, Burke always ensures that his Louisiana detective Dave Robicheaux grapples with hot topics as much as with his own inner demons.
[Burke] richly deserves to be described now as one of the finest crime writers America has ever produced … Spellbinding and dazzlingly observed - if you only buy one crime novel this Christmas make it this one - DAILY MAIL on Light of the World
James Lee Burke continues to astonish … I cannot think of another writer of crime fiction who has sustained such a level of excellence over so many novels featuring the same character - THE TIMES on The Glass RainbowMenacingly dark but with chinks of glittering perception, Lee Burke is the king of Southern noir - DAILY MIRROR on Feast Day of FoolsWhen James Lee Burke writes, the little birdies sing, the sun comes out and old men learn to dance again. That’s how good he is - INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY on Purple Cane RoadBurke is the poet of the tortured South and never fails to connect at all levels - TIME OUTAll the characters … are superbly drawn, and the plot is heart-pounding - WASHINGTON POST on Creole BelleAbout The Author
James Lee Burke
James Lee Burke is the author of many novels, and the critically-acclaimed, bestselling Detective Dave Robicheaux series. He won the Edgar Award for both Cimarron Rose and Black Cherry Blues, and Sunset Limited was awarded the CWA Gold Dagger. Two For Texas was adapted for television, and Heaven’s Prisoners and In the Electric Mist for film. Burke has been a Breadloaf Fellow and Guggenheim Fellow, has been awarded the Grand Master Award by the Mystery Writers of America and has been nominated for a Pulitzer award. He lives with his wife, Pearl, in Missoula, Montana.
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