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Pegasus Descending (Robicheaux #15)
by James Lee Burke
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- 2020 & FreeVIB/Good
- ISBN 10
- 1416513450
- ISBN 13
- 9781416513452
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Pocket Star, August 2007. Mass Market Paperbacks . 2020 & FreeVIB/Good. Between the Covers Bookshop sells gently used books at 30-95% off retail price.
Synopsis
Detective Dave Robicheaux is facing the most painful and dangerous case of his career. A troubled young woman breezes into his hometown of New Iberia, Louisiana. She happens to be the daughter of Robicheaux's onetime best friend -- a friend he witnessed gunned down in a bank robbery, a tragedy that forever changed Robicheaux's life. In Pegasus Descending, James Lee Burke again explores psyches as much as evidence, and tries to make sense of human behavior as well as of his characters' crimes. Richly atmospheric, frightening in its sudden violence, and replete with the sort of puzzles only the best crime fiction creates, Burke's latest novel is an unforgettable roller coaster of passion, surprise, and regret. The twists begin when Trish Klein -- the only offspring of Robicheaux's Vietnam-era buddy -- starts passing marked hundred-dollar bills in local casinos. Is she a good kid gone bad? A victim's child seeking revenge? A promiscuous beauty seducing everyone good within her grasp? And how does her behavior relate to the apparent suicide of another "good" girl, an ace student named Yvonne Darbonne, who apparently participated in a college frat orgy before her death? Can Robicheaux make his peace with the demons that have haunted him since his friend's murder so many years ago? Can he figure out how a local mobster fits into all the schemes and deaths? Can Robicheaux's life be whole again when it has been shattered by so much tragedy? Once again, Burke proves why he is the virtual poet laureate of southern Louisiana, and why his novels, especially those featuring Dave Robicheaux, stand as brilliant literature and entertainment for our time.
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- Title
- Pegasus Descending (Robicheaux #15)
- Author
- James Lee Burke
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperbacks
- Book Condition
- Used - 2020 & FreeVIB
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1416513450
- ISBN 13
- 9781416513452
- Publisher
- Pocket Star
- Place of Publication
- Bristol, Pennsylvania, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- August 2007
- Pages
- 512
- Bookseller catalogs
- Crime/Legal Thrillers;
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