Burke, James Lee 1936- creator author. text Mystery fiction. nyu New York Pocket Books 2013 First Pocket Books paperback edition. monographic eng

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594 pages ; 19 cm. When last seen in The Glass Rainbow, the previous book in the Dave Robicheaux series, Robicheaux was recovering in a New Orleans hospital from a near-fatal bullet wound. Immobilized and heavily medicated by morphine, he was visited there by a beautiful Creole woman named Tee Jolie Melton. After she's gone, his fond, hazy remembrances of her are rekindled by one song, "Creole Belle" on the iPod that she left behind. Now obsessed by the song and thoughts of her, he goes in search of her. He finds instead the frozen corpse of her sister floating at sea. As he grapples with that mystery, an oil rig explodes on the Gulf threatening the cherished environs of the bayous. Robicheaux then swings into action, leading the charge against the destruction of both the land and the people he has sworn to protect. James Lee Burke. n-us-la Robicheaux, Dave (Fictitious character) Fiction Police Louisiana Fiction New Iberia (La.) Fiction 813/.54 Burke, James Lee 1936- 9781451648140 (mass market pbk.) 1451648146 (mass market pbk.) BTCTA 150321 20190501210919.0 805048228 eng