Dave Robicheaux: Crusader's Cross : A Dave Robicheaux Novel (Paperback)

from Gatorhater

Crusader's Cross by James Lee Burke-It was back in the innocent days of the 50's when Robicheaux and his brother, Jimmie, met Ida Durbin on a Galveston beach storm, not knowing she was a prostitute with ties to the mob, she was abducted and never seen again, Jimmie fell for her hard. Now, decades...

from wildbill

This is one or the more recent Dave Robicheaux stories. The more I read him the more I like him. Now I look forward to the author's descriptions of the surroundings. I have seen a Florida swamp and some of the plants he describes. He also makes New Iberia a place with his descriptions of the buil...

from shadowelf76

Meh. I'm not really sure how to review this. I've followed the Dave Robicheaux novels forever (albeit not always in order). Usually I love them and would give it 5 stars without hesitation. This one certainly contained all the elements of the series: the flashbacks, the little glimpses of bayou l...

from RoseCityReader

James Lee Burke is one of the best, but I think his more recent books just rehash the plots of some of the other ones. Crusader's Cross felt like I had read it all before: Dave Robicheaux acts holier than thou, Clete Purcell beats someone up, a shoot out in a hunting cabin on stilts, colorful mob...

from Darrol

Another good installment with Dave, although the ending was a little predictable. Good stuff about alcoholism. Dave (Burke?) tends to express the false alternative that degenerate individuals have either a sociological or theological source, when criminal personalities stem from the potentialitie...