Last Car to Elysian Fields (Dave Robicheaux Mysteries)

by JamesLeeBurke (Author)

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  2004

  $4.37

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  Paperback
  2004

  $4.31

  James Lee Burke is in top form in his latest page-turner steeped in the lush, unsettling atmosphere that his readers have come to expect. This time, Burke's renowned Louisana cop returns to the Big Easy in a spellbinding tale of conspiracy, passion, and murder. A rainy late-summer night finds Robicheaux in a New Orleans bar, about to confront the man who may have savagely assaulted his friend, Father Jimmie Dolan, a Catholic priest who's always at the centre of controversy. But things in a Burke novel are rarely what they seem, and soon Robicheaux is back in New Iberia, probing a car crash that killed three teenage girls. A grief-crazed father and a maniacal, conflicted assassin are just a few of the characters Robicheaux meets as he is drawn deeper into a viper's nest of sordid secrets and escalating violence that sets him up for a confrontation that echoes down the lonely corridors of his own unresolved past. A masterful exploration of the troubled side of human nature and the dark corners of the heart, and peopled by familiar characters such as P.I. Clete Purcel and Robicheaux's old flame, the now-married Theodosia LeJeune, LAST CAR TO ELYSIAN FIELDS is vintage Burke - a moody, hard-hitting novel that goes the limit in its provocative blend of human drama and relentless noir suspense.

• Used

  Hardcover
  2003

  $3.29

  James Lee Burke is in top form in this page-turner steeped in the lush, unsettling atmosphere that his readers have come to expect.

  This time, Burke's renowned Louisana cop returns to the Big Easy in a spellbinding tale of conspiracy, passion, and murder. A rainy late-summer night finds Robicheaux in a New Orleans bar, about to confront the man who may have savagely assaulted his friend, Father Jimmie Dolan, a Catholic priest who's always at the centre of controversy. But things in a Burke novel are rarely what they seem, and soon Robicheaux is back in New Iberia, probing a car crash that killed three teenage girls. A grief-crazed father and a maniacal, conflicted assassin are just a few of the characters Robicheaux meets as he is drawn deeper into a viper's nest of sordid secrets and escalating violence that sets him up for a confrontation that echoes down the lonely corridors of his own unresolved past.

  A masterful exploration of the troubled side of human nature and the dark corners of the heart, and peopled by familiar characters such as P.I. Clete Purcel and Robicheaux's old flame, the now-married Theodosia LeJeune, LAST CAR TO ELYSIAN FIELDS is vintage Burke - a moody, hard-hitting novel that goes the limit in its provocative blend of human drama and relentless noir suspense.

• New

  Paperback
  2004

  $11.74

  'A lyrical and lovely novel that takes Burke back to the top of the crimewriting tree where he richly belongs' Independent On Sunday

  It is a rainy late-summer's night in New Orleans. Detective Dave Robicheaux is about to confront the man who may have savagely assaulted his friend, Father Jimmie Dolan, a Catholic priest who's always at the centre of controversy. But things are never as they seem and soon Robicheaux is back in New Iberia, probing a car crash that killed three teenage girls. A grief-crazed father and a maniacal, complex assassin are just a few of the characters Robicheaux meets as he is drawn deeper into a web of sordid secrets and escalating violence.

  A masterful exploration of the troubled side of human nature and the dark corners of the heart, peopled by familiar characters such as P.I. Clete Purcel and Robicheaux's old flame Theodosia LeJeune, LAST CAR TO ELYSIAN FIELDS is vintage Burke - moody, hard-hitting, with his trademark blend of human drama and relentless noir suspense.

  Praise for one of the great American crime writers, James Lee Burke:

  'James Lee Burke is the heavyweight champ, a great American novelist whose work, taken individually or as a whole, is unsurpassed.' Michael Connelly

  'A gorgeous prose stylist.' Stephen King

  'Richly deserves to be described now as one of the finest crime writers America has ever produced.' Daily Mail

  Fans of Dennis Lehane, Michael Connelly and Don Winslow will love James Lee Burke:

  Dave Robicheaux Series

  1. The Neon Rain
  2. Heaven's Prisoners
  3. Black Cherry Blues
  4. A Morning for Flamingos
  5. A Stained White Radiance
  6. In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead
  7. Dixie City Jam
  8. Burning Angel
  9. Cadillac Jukebox
  10. Sunset Limited
  11. Purple Cane Road
  12. Jolie Blon's Bounce
  13. Last Car to Elysian Fields
  14. Crusader's Cross
  15. Pegasus Descending
  16. The Tin Roof Blowdown
  17. Swan Peak
  18. The Glass Rainbow
  19. Creole Belle
  20. Light of the World
  21. Robicheaux

  Hackberry Holland Series

  1. Lay Down My Sword and Shield
  2. Rain Gods
  3. Feast Day of Fools
  4. House of the Rising Sun

  Billy Bob Holland Series

  1. Cimarron Rose
  2. Heartwood
  3. Bitterroot
  4. In The Moon of Red Ponies

  * Each James Lee Burke novel can be read as a standalone or in series order *