The Dave Robicheaux Series - Book 1
The Neon Rain
“Dialogue that’s so right, so real, so true to the personality you’d swear the guys were right there in the room with you; and a setting…that’s so vivid you can feel the heaviness in the air, see the heat lightning, and taste the sauce piquante.”
Washington Post Book World
A Crime Reads Pick of Crime Novels Exploring the Vietnam War Aftermath
New York Times bestselling author James Lee Burke’s Dave Robicheaux novels began with this first hard-hitting entry in the series. In The Neon Rain, Burke’s downtrodden detective faces off against vicious criminals who wouldn’t think twice about adding Robicheaux’s name to the Big Easy’s body count.
From the rice paddies of Vietnam to the mean streets of New Orleans, Robicheaux has seen more than enough corpses for a lifetime. So when he fishes a prostitute from the bayou, another razor-blade wound is inflicted on his damaged psyche. Robicheaux is then made painfully aware that not even the law cares much about a dead hooker. But Robicheaux cares, even if investigating the crime means putting his own neck on the chopping block.
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