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Three men are present when Amanda Boudreau is raped and murdered and small-time hustler Tee Bobby Hulin's prints found at the crime scene. Dave Robicheaux reckons he's innocent, and Tee Bobby pleads so, then attempts suicide in his holding cell. Why? Tee Bobby is released on bail and soon after there is a second murder. When lawyer Perry LaSalle takes on the defence of Tee Bobby, Dave knows his motives are fuelled by guilt. For Tee Bobby's grandmother was seduced by Perry's grandfather, and Amanda Boudreau's death is related to events that happened long before Tee Bobby was born...
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ISBN 10: 0752848747
ISBN 13: 9780752848747
Book Overview: James Lee Burke has won the CWA/Macallan Gold Dagger once and the Edgar Award twice His novels have sold over 300,000 copies in paperback to date All his most recent novels have been NEW YORK TIMES bestsellers PURPLE CANE ROAD was Waterstones Book of the Month and went straight in to the SUNDAY TIMES bestseller list on publication The critics on James Lee Burke: 'Still the greatest, bar none ... there's nothing currently on show to match, let alone better, Burke's latest' LITERARY REVIEW 'James Lee Burke could not write badly if he tried...brilliant' EVENING STANDARD 'Each of the novels has its own place in this stunning series ... To read them is to find a great novelist applying his gifts to a sometimes under-rated genre, reinventing and reinvigorating that genre as he does so' IRISH TIMES 'The series as a whole has been justly acclaimed as one of the wonders of American crime fiction' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'This superb crime novel shows Burke to be at the height of his powers' SUNDAY TIMES
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