Dave Robicheaux: The Tin Roof Blowdown : A Dave Robicheaux Novel (Paperback)

from jclyde

This is a highly satisfying read, particularly for fans of New Orleans and the mystery genre. I enjoyed the way Burke created really despicable villains and then thoroughly destroyed them piece by piece. I'm also fascinated by post-apocalyptic books, so I found Burke's detailed descriptions of th...

from smik

New Iberia, the home of both author James Lee Burke, and his detective Dave Robicheaux, is just 200 km west of New Orleans. When Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans at the end of August 2005, then people from lesser affected New Iberia were amongst the first on the scene. Burke obviously fee...

from blueslibrarian

When hurricanes Katrina and Rita ravaged the southern Louisiana coastline in 2005, they left horror and destruction in their wake. Burke is a native and he writes of the storm's aftermath with great emotion. Detective Dave Robicheaux has to deal with multiple problems to deal with in the aftermat...

from BudBarclay

Fantastic novel by Burke, clearly one of his best. The backdrop of Horricane Katrina and the devastation of New Orleans added a passion to his prose. Dave Robicheaux continues to be one of the most interesting and enigmatic protagonists in detective fiction.

from MarthaHuntley

There is a lot of violence and heartbreak in this novel. The characters rise and fall in the churn of the deep waters of the soul as well as of the hurricane's aftermath. There is also a good bit of Theology; the whole book is about spiritual warfare expressed through human viole heroism, and end...