Creole Belle

By James Lee Burke

Book Overview

"America's best novelist" James Lee Burke returns with another New York Times bestselling entry in the Dave Robicheaux thriller series ( The Denver Post ). Set against the events of the Gulf Coast oil spill, rife with "the menaces of greed and violence and man-made horror" ( The Christian Science Monitor ), Creole Belle finds Dave Robicheaux languishing in a New Orleans recovery unit since surviving a bayou shoot-out. The detective's body is healing; it's his morphine-addled mind that conjures spectral visions of Tee Jolie Melton, a young woman who in reality has gone missing. An iPod with an old blues song left by his bedside turns Robicheaux into a man obsessed...And as oil companies assign blame after an epic disaster threatens the Gulf's very existence, Robicheaux unearths connections between tragedies both global and personal--and faces down forces that can corrupt and destroy the best of men.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1451648138
• ISBN13: 9781451648133
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 1.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 7.0" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

It just keeps getting better!

The nineteenth book in the Robicheaux series and probably the best (I’ve read them all). Burke creates a story that shows the drive a man has for his family and friends. Keeps you reading and turning the pages.

Rough and Raw

I found the language and action in this book terribly offensive. I'm not a prude, but I don't wan to listen to overtly crude language and an equally crude plot.