Pegasus Descending

Best-selling author James Lee Burke writes taut, muscular tales that will carry you deep into the mysterious, often violent, world of Cajun country. This Edgar Award-winning series follows Dave Robicheaux, a visionary recovering alcoholic who works his way from wearing a badge on the New Orleans police force to running a boat rental dock on the bayou. Although he tries his best to lead a quiet existence, life seems determined to plunge him hip-deep into Louisiana's criminal mire. In...
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Best-selling author James Lee Burke writes taut, muscular tales that will carry you deep into the mysterious, often violent, world of Cajun country. This Edgar Award-winning series follows Dave Robicheaux, a visionary recovering alcoholic who works his way from wearing a badge on the New Orleans police force to running a boat rental dock on the bayou. Although he tries his best to lead a quiet existence, life seems determined to plunge him hip-deep into Louisiana's criminal mire. In Pegasus Descending, Burke delivers a gritty episode in the life of Dave Robicheaux, as the detective struggles with psychological demons. Haunted for 25 years by a friend's murder, Dave might have a chance at redemption when the victim's daughter arrives in town and gets herself in trouble. Just why is she baiting the very thug who is responsible for her father's death? And what can Dave do to avoid a catastrophe? The sensual, southern tones of narrator Will Patton vividly define the cast of characters that emerge from the rich fabric of Burke's novel. "The fact remains that no serious reader of hard-boiled fiction should ever miss a moment of Dave Robicheaux in action."-Booklist