Product Description

Sonny Boy Marsallas, a New Orleans street hustler, entrusts Detective Dave Robicheaux with a mysterious notebook, kicking off a series of violent incidents and raising questions that need answers, and fast... What did Sonny's girlfriend know that got her murdered? Why is Sonny known as Red Angel by Central American guerrillas? And what do the Mafia want with a desolate stretch of New Iberia? This time Sonny Boy may have pushed his luck with the Giacano family one deal too far. A rich, sardonic and terrifying portrayal of contemporary America with a setting which is as charged as an electric storm.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #61339 in Books
• Published on: 1998-06-15
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

Mary Crockett, The Scotsman
'the tension builds, the dialogue cracks along - and the small guys get the smartest lines'.

Review
'the tension builds, the dialogue cracks along - and the small guys get the smartest lines'. (Mary Crockett The Scotsman )

About the Author
James Lee Burke is the author of numerous previous novels, including twelve featuring Detective Dave Robicheaux. He lives with his wife, Pearl, in Missoula, Montana and New Iberia, Louisiana.

Customer Reviews

Mystic, moving, and magnificent
Another example of why James Lee Burke is probably the finest writer at work in his chosen genre in the english language.

There is a typically convoluted plot, involving terrifying flashbacks to sub-human deeds in central america, the Louisianna mob, and an old friend of Dave Robicheaux's possessed of an unnatural ability to stay alive, together with the usual mix of vividly drawn low-lives, familiar and novel, from the deep south, and at the centre the man himself - tortured, flawed, flashing with anger and hurt, yet always human and sympathetic, having a courage and decency perhaps unfashionable in these cynical times.
In addition there is a streak of mysticism common to other novels in the series, but this integrates seamlessly, and never feels forced.

A terrific book from a wonderful writer. If you ask a little more from your thrillers than a lantern jawed hero with an infallible aim, you will find much to admire here.