Pegasus Descending

from mikedraper

dave Robicheaux is working on three cases that he feels are connected. The first case involves the death of a co-ed of an apparent suicide. It should be simple but Dave feels that the facts don't add up. He is also investigating the death of a vagrant found in a decomposed condition in a roadside...

from lorielibrarian

Another terrific entry in this series - atmospheric, finely drawn complex characters, dark underworld. Those with a fondness for New Orleans will likely appreciate this. I listended to the CD, and the reading by Will Patton is wonderful, with all the appropriate nuances of the Louisiana drawl wit...

from oldsetbuilder

As a regular Burke reader, I certainly wasn't disappointed with this book. I kept trying to read sections of it out loud to my wife to show her how something could be described. Where does he come up with these images? The first book I read by him a number of years ago (occassionally) had to do w...

from bohemiangirl35

This is the second James Lee Burke novel I've listened to and the earliest audio version I could find at my library. I know I'm coming in partway through the series. James Lee Burke is fast becoming a favorite author of mine. His scene and character descriptions are vivid and entertaining, using ...

from freddie3913

The past is never farther away than the ripples on the bayou outside Dave Robicheaux's New Iberia, Louisiana, home. This time it's Robicheaux's dark personal history - - when the detective "was still going steady with Jim Beam straight up and a beer back" - - that interferes with the tranquil pre...