A Holland Family Novel: Rain Gods : A Novel (Paperback)

from dickmanikowski

I normally enjoy James Lee Burke's novels, but this one was exceptional. Half a dozen of the characters (including both the protagonist, his deputy who loves him, and the villains) were outlined in absolutely mesmerizing detail. This was one of those rare novels I wished would never end.

from jepeters333

Eager to escape his problematic past, Hackberry Holland acquires the sheriff's position in a rundown Texas border town. When authorities discover nine dead prostitutes buried in the desert, Hack must work with both Texas and Mexico, as well as face down hired gunmen, crooked strip club owners, an...

from wildbill

The book opens with Pete Flores making a 911 call that brings Hackberry Holland to an old, torn up Spanish style church in South Texas. Hackberry goes behind the church where digs up the bodies of nine young girls from Thailand. They had been murdered by Jack Collins a/k/a Preacher with a .45 cal...

from SamSattler

In his second Hackberry Holland novel, "Rain Gods," James Lee Burke explores the battle faced by Texas lawmen charged with stopping drugs and illegal aliens from crossing the state's southern border. The fact that Hurricane Katrina flushed some of the worst New Orleans scum into Texas, criminals ...

from gbelik

The quality of the writing and the interesting characters kept me going and put the book solidly into the "good read" catagory, but I found the plot confusing and I never really understood the motivation for the brutal murder and burial of 9 Asian immigrant women. It does get explained by the end...