Creole Belle
by Burke, James Lee
Languishing in a recovery unit on St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans, Dave Robicheaux is fighting an enemy more insidious than the one who put a bullet in his back a month earlier in a shootout on Bayou Teche. The morphine meant to dull his pain is steadily gnawing away at his resolve, playing tricks on his mind, and luring him back into the addict mentality that once threatened to destroy his life and family. With the soporific Indian summer air wafting through the louvered shutters of his hospital room, and the demons fighting for space in his head, Dave canâÈçt be sure whether his latest visitor is flesh and blood or a spectral reminder of his Louisiana youth. Tee Jolie Melton, a young woman with a troubled past, glides to his bedside and leaves him with an iPod that plays the old country blues song âÈêMy Creole Belle.âÈë What Dave doesnâÈçt know is that Tee Jolie disappeared weeks ago, and no one believes she reappeared to comfort an old man with a bullet wound. Dave becomes obsessed with the song and the vivid memory of Tee Jolie, and when he learns that her sister has turned up dead inside a block of ice floating in the Gulf, he believes that putting the evils of the past to rest is more urgent than ever before. Meanwhile, an oil spill in the Gulf brings back intense feelings for Dave of losing his father to a rig explosion years ago. As the oil companies continue to risk human lives in pursuit of wealth and power, Dave begins to see links to the Melton sisters, even when no one else shares his suspicions. DaveâÈçs expartner Clete Purcel helps him search for Tee Jolie, though Clete fears for his friendâÈçs mental health and safety. But Clete has his own troubles, too; heâÈçs discovered an illegitimate daughter who may be working as a contract killerâÈ'and may have set her sights on someone he loves. Creole Belle is a resurrection story for the ages, with James Lee Burke at the peak of his masterful career and Dave Robicheaux facing his most intense and personal battle yet, against the known and unknown forces that corrupt and destroy even the best of men.
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Detective Dave Robicheaux is wasting away in a New Orleans recovery unit. His morphine-addled mind conjures a vision of singer Tee Jolie Meltron and the country blues song "Creole Belle." Robicheaux becomes obsessed with the song and memory of Tee Jolie, with whom he associates the Louisiana of his youth. After she goes missing, Robicheaux sets… Read more about this item Item Price
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