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Crusader's Cross (Dave Robicheaux, Bk 14)
Crusader's Cross - Dave Robicheaux, Bk 14
Author: James Lee Burke
Critically acclaimed and bestselling crime writer James Lee Burke returns to Louisiana where his ever-popular hero, Dave Robicheaux, sleuths his way through a hotbed of sin and uncertainty. — For Dave Robicheaux, life in Louisiana is filled with haunting memories of the past -- images from Vietnam, the violent streets of New Orleans, and his own ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780743277198
ISBN-10: 0743277198
Publication Date: 7/12/2005
Pages: 336
Rating:
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4 stars, based on 58 ratings
Publisher: Simon Schuster
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 0
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reviewed Crusader's Cross (Dave Robicheaux, Bk 14) on + 244 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
I am always struck by what a great writer Burke is. His command of the language is awesome! mixed in are such uniquely southern way of speaking that I wish I had a dictionary by my side! Highly recommended.
Stephany avatar reviewed Crusader's Cross (Dave Robicheaux, Bk 14) on + 19 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Superb writing and a throbbing pace lift two-time Edgar-winner Burke's powerful, many-layered 14th Dave Robicheaux novel (after 2003's Last Car to Elysian Fields), which involves venal and arrogant members of a wealthy family that can trace its lineage to fifth-century France as well as the machinations of the New Orleans mafia.A conversation between Robicheaux and a dying childhood friend about Ida Durbin, a young prostitute that Robicheaux's half-brother, Jimmie, loved and lost in the late 1950s, sets the ex-homicide detective on a path that eventually leads to several gruesome killings and his near downfall. Unemployed, his wife dead, his daughter in college, Robicheaux rejoins the New Iberia, La., sheriff's department at the urging of Sheriff Helen Soileau, who needs an extra hand as the murders mount. While the tendrils of the sometimes rambling plot unfold, Robicheaux and his impulsive former police partner, PI Clete Purcell, seek retribution for injustices caused by a wide range of corrupt villains. Burke masterfully combines landscape and memory in a violent, complex story peopled by sharply defined characters who inhabit a lush, sensual, almost mythological world.
reviewed Crusader's Cross (Dave Robicheaux, Bk 14) on + 18 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Excellent read. Burke paints a portrait of Southern Louisiana and keeps you turning the pages.
reviewed Crusader's Cross (Dave Robicheaux, Bk 14) on + 14 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Because I've listened to James Lee Burke's novels on audio, I have the 'sound of the cajun,' in my ears. His stories and characters are consistently colorful and sadly believable. His turn of phrase unique. The plot line never fails to surprise.
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windhamnh avatar reviewed Crusader's Cross (Dave Robicheaux, Bk 14) on
Well written. I enjoy his unique descriptive style.
wgw avatar reviewed Crusader's Cross (Dave Robicheaux, Bk 14) on + 136 more book reviews
Another in the great series of Dave Robicheaux. Hard to put down until finished.
reviewed Crusader's Cross (Dave Robicheaux, Bk 14) on + 95 more book reviews
Yet another Dave Robicheaux story. If you've read the forerunners, you'll want to read this one, too!
davidmartin52 avatar reviewed Crusader's Cross (Dave Robicheaux, Bk 14) on + 35 more book reviews
As much as I love Burke's writing, I still sometimes wish he weren't quite so verbose. Sometimes, I just don't need to read three paragraphs on how the mist hangs over the bayou in the morning, know what I mean? As to this particular story, I've read all the Robicheaux books up to this one, and I found this one to be one of the best so far. He started off good in his career and he just keeps getting better! One critic called Burke, "the rightful heir to Raymond Chandler", but I'd go further and say Burke has passed Chandler in talent.
reviewed Crusader's Cross (Dave Robicheaux, Bk 14) on + 7 more book reviews
can't say enough good things about james lee burke!
reviewed Crusader's Cross (Dave Robicheaux, Bk 14) on + 20 more book reviews
Good book, fast read.


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