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A Morning for Flamingos (Dave Robicheaux, Bk 4)
A Morning for Flamingos - Dave Robicheaux, Bk 4 Author:James Lee Burke Clutching the shards, of his shattered life, Cajun detective Dave Robicheaux has rejoined the New lberia police force. — His partner is dead -- slain during a condemned prisoner's bloody flight to freedom that left Robicheaux critically wounded... and reawakened the ghost of his haunted, violent past. — Now he's trailing a killer into the sordid h... more »ead of die Big Easy -- caught up in the lethal undercurrents of a mob double-cross... confronting his most dangerous enemy: himself.« less
I've read everything James Lee Burke has ever written, and now I'm reading books written by his real-life daughter, Alafair (who is a character in so many of his books - you can almost watch her grow up if you read his books in chronological order). He sets most of his stories in South Louisiana, and no one gets it right like JLB. The descriptions of the Louisiana landscape, with its dreamy, slow-moving bayous and dreamy, slow-moving way of life, the New Orleans he loves, the dialogue that is right on, even the history and culture of the Acadian, or 'Cajun' people (and in New Orleans, the Creoles)...he gets it all right, and you can tell he loves the place he lives and writes about. (Can you tell I'm a Louisiana lady?) :-)
Since the story is well-described, I won't attempt another description. But I will say that I believe anyone who enjoys a good mystery with in-depth characterizations and plenty of twists and turns, should truly enjoy the incomparable James Lee Burke.
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