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The Glass Rainbow

The Glass Rainbow

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The Glass Rainbow

by James Lee Burke

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Simon & Schuster, New York, 2010. Hardcover First Edition. Bright gilt on black boards. Very good to Fine throughout. No visible faults. Great tale of murder and mayhem in the backwoods towns of Louisiana where investigators can easily become victims.

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James Lee BurkeâÈçs eagerly awaited new novel finds Detective Dave Robicheaux back in New Iberia, Louisiana, and embroiled in the most harrowing and dangerous case of his career. Seven young women in neighboring Jefferson Davis Parish have been brutally murdered. While the crimes have all the telltale signs of a serial killer, the death of Bernadette Latiolais, a high school honor student, doesnâÈçt fit: she is not the kind of hapless and marginalized victim psychopaths usually prey upon. Robicheaux and his best friend, Clete Purcel, confront Herman Stanga, a notorious pimp and crack dealer whom both men despise. When Stanga turns up dead shortly after a fierce beating by Purcel, in front of numerous witnesses, the case takes a nasty turn, and CleteâÈçs career and life are hanging by threads over the abyss. Adding to RobicheauxâÈçs troubles is the matter of his daughter, Alafair, on leave from Stanford Law to put the finishing touches on her novel. Her literary pursuit has led her into the arms of Kermit Abelard, celebrated novelist and scion of a once prominent Louisiana family whose fortunes are slowly sinking into the corruption of LouisianaâÈçs subculture. AbelardâÈçs association with bestselling ex-convict author Robert Weingart, a man who uses and discards people like Kleenex, causes Robicheaux to fear that Alafair might be destroyed by the man she loves. As his daughter seems to drift away from him, he wonders if he has become a victim of his own paranoia. But as usual, RobicheauxâÈçs instincts are proven correct and he finds himself dealing with a level of evil that is greater than any enemy he has confronted in the past. Set against the backdrop of an Edenic paradise threatened by pernicious forces, James Lee BurkeâÈçs The Glass Rainbow is already being hailed as perhaps the best novel in the Robicheaux series.

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Bookseller
Ed Augusts Books & Readings US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
3407
Title
The Glass Rainbow
Author
James Lee Burke
Format/Binding
Hardcover boards
Book Condition
Used
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
2010
Pages
433
Size
8vo
Weight
0.00 lbs
Keywords
Louisiana, murders, crime

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