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In the Electric Mist With Confederate Dead
In the Electric Mist With Confederate Dead Author:James Lee Burke Hollywood has sent its emissaries to New Iberia Parish to film a Civil War epic in the steaming mists of the Louisiana bayou -- reawakening the ghosts of a past best left undisturbed.The restless specters wait in the shadows for cajun cop Dave Robicheaux -- as he hunts a serial butcher who is preying on the less-then-innocent young. For these sp... more »irits are the guardians of Robicheaux's darkest torments -- and they hold the key to his ultimate salvation...or a final, fatal downfall.« less
An excellent read! This was the second time I have read this novel, and I plan to read all
of Burke's work at least twice. His characters are so vivid you feel like you know them personally.
School friend of Dave Robicheaux returns to Iberia. He is a mobster who no one has ever been able to pin anything on. Than Dave gets conflicting messages. Send him out of our town but wait maybe not he is backing a movie being made there that is bringing a lot of revenue. Very good story