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The 11th Dave Robicheaux novel from bestseller James Lee Burke. schovat popis

Detektivní thriller jehož děj se odehrává v americké Montaně. Hlavní hrdina Billy Bob Holland, bývalý texaský ranger a nynější právník, odjíždí ke svému příteli na sever Spojených států do Montany. Jeho přítel doktor Voss, vietnamský veterán, nesmiřitelný odpůrce těžby zlata v panenské přírodě Montany, se dostává díky svým drsným metodám do konfliktu nejen s místním podsvětím, ale také s ochránci zákona. Poté co je jeho dcera brutálně znásilněna a on obviněn z vraždy, Billy Bob začíná pátrat, kdo za celou situací stojí - motorkářský gang, mexická drogová mafie, lidé z těžební společnosti? Nebo se jedná o pomstu právě propuštěného trestance Wayatta Dixona?

WHEN A NICE YOUNG WOMAN named Trish Klein blows into Louisiana passing hundred-dollar bills in local casinos, Detective Dave Robicheaux senses a storm bearing down on his new life of contentment. Twenty-five years ago, lost in a drunken haze in Florida, Robicheaux was too far gone to save his friend and fellow ’Nam vet Dallas Klein, murdered in cold blood for gambling debts. Now, the arrival of Dallas’s daughter opens a door locked long ago, and extracting her motives points Robicheaux to the suicide of a local "good girl" pulled into a vortex of power, sex, and death. It’s Robicheaux’s most personally painful case—a roller coaster of passion, surprise, and regret—and it may be his deadliest.

Billy Bob Holland žije v malém texaském městě, které se na televizních obrazovkách zobrazuje jako optimistické a idylické, avšak on sám tuto realitu nepoznává. Televize ignoruje zášť, malicherné spory a korupci mocných, což ho odrazuje od sledování. Jako právník se setkává s temnou stránkou života – s neštěstím, arogancí a zločinem, který se vyhýbá spravedlnosti, zatímco mocní se vykrucují z vlastních činů. Holland se snaží žít podle morálních zásad, ale jeho minulost ho pronásleduje. Když je Lucas Smothers obviněn ze znásilnění a vraždy, Holland se ujme jeho obhajoby. Snaží se přesvědčit sám sebe o Lucasově nevině, ale jeho pochybnosti jsou hluboké, neboť Lucasův příběh se podobá příběhu jeho předka, a Holland je navíc Lucasovým biologickým otcem. Tímto způsobem se Holland snaží bránit nejen Lucasovi před zákonem a veřejností, ale i sám sobě. James Lee Burke, známý autor kriminálních románů, tentokrát opustil svého tradičního hrdinu a prostředí Louisiany, avšak zůstal věrný svému stylu. Jeho díla jsou často považována za ostré analýzy americké společnosti, ačkoli se Burke potýká s nedoceněním v širším literárním kontextu.

DIXIE CITY JAM When a Nazi submarine is discovered lying in sixty feet of water off the Louisiana coast, some troubled ghosts are ready to be released. A local businessman is offering Detective Dave Robicheaux big money to bring the wreck to the surface, but he is not the only one after the submarine and its cargo. A new spirit of hatred is abroad, and its embodiment is stalking Robicheaux's wife...BURNING ANGEL When Sonny Marsallas entrusts a mysterious notebook to Dave Robicheaux, a series of violent events is set in train. What did Sonny's girlfriend know that resulted in her murder? What are Sonny's connections with the Mob that finally lead them to send a hitman after Dave? BURNING ANGEL outstrips its crime thriller label to produce a rich, sardonic and terrifying portrayal of contemporary America. PURPLE CANE ROAD Detective Dave Robicheaux embarks on a painful journey to a murky past, when he his told that his mother, Mae, was a hooker and ended her life drowned in a puddle by two cops working for the Mob. Dave learns to confront and accept his mistakes as he tries to track down his mother's killers and bring them to justice.

The narrator, an outsider to the reader's world, offers a unique perspective on a hidden drama that almost led to catastrophe. Eager to share this untold story, they promise insights into events that could have changed everything. The narrative hints at intrigue and suspense, suggesting that the tale is both personal and significant, revealing layers of complexity in a situation that remains largely unknown to the reader.

James Lee Burke's 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, doesn't 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 Clete's career and life are hanging by threads over the abyss. Adding to Robicheaux's troubles is the matter of his daughter, Alafair, who is 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 Louisiana's subculture. Abelard's 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, Robicheaux's 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 Burke's "The Glass Rainbow "is already being hailed as perhaps the best novel in the Robicheaux series.

After the devastating events recounted in THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN, Dave Robicheaux and his ex-partner in Homicide, Clete Purcel, head for the mountains and trout streams of Montana for some much-needed healing. However, while Montana might seem an unspoilt paradise peopled by men and women from an earlier, more innocent time in American history, Dave and Clete soon find that there are plenty of serpents in the garden too. The deaths of a couple of hikers suggest a perverted serial killer may be at work, while an escaped jailbird and his former tormentor are locked in a savage dance of revenge that is ultimately connected to the fortunes of a wealthy oil family hiding a terrible secret . . .

New York Times bestseller and 'one of the finest crime writer's America has ever produced' James Lee Burke returns with his latest masterpiece, the story of a father and son separated by war.