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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9780743449205 ISBN: 0743449207 Label: Pocket Manufacturer: Pocket Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 275 Publication Date: October 01, 2002 Publisher: Pocket Release Date: October 01, 2002 Studio: Pocket Editorial Review: Product Description: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR JAMES LEE BURKE THE NEON RAIN Detective Dave Robicheaux has fought too many battles: in Vietnam, with killers and hustlers, with police brass, and with the bottle. Lost without his wife's love, Robicheaux's haunted soul mirrors the intensity and dusky mystery of New Orleans' French Quarter -- the place he calls home, and the place that nearly destroys him when he becomes involved in the case of a young prostitute whose body is found in a bayou. Thrust into the world of drug lords and arms smugglers, Robicheaux must face down a subterranean criminal world and come to terms with his own bruised heart in order to survive. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Great read!Great read! The dialogue is well written and believable. Story moves at a fast but comfortable pace. Engaging.... Rating: - lojoGreat book! Can't get enough of James Lee Burke's books!!!!! Once you start to read them you can't put them down. Rating: - Short book, but jam-packed story!This is the first book in the James Lee Burke series with Detective Dave Robicheaux. Takes place in New Orleans, reads like a Dashiell Hammett or Raymond Chandler story - old fashioned, hard-boiled detective story. Rich in characters and a sense of Louisiana. Doesn't take long to read, but I highly recommend it!! Rating: - The Beginning of Dave RobicheauxThere's nothing like a James Lee Burke novel! Neon Rain is the beginning of the Dave Robicheaux series, and it is an excellent read. Burke's style is unique -- he likes to make the reader think. Nothing is ever spoonfed to us. For example, there is this dark passage about a very bad man, the antagonist, dying from cancer, alone: "Somewhere down inside him, he knew that his fear of death by water had always been a foolish one. Death was a rodent that ate its way inch by ... Read More Rating: - Beyond crime fictionJames Lee Burke is not your average crime fiction writer. "The Neon Rain," the first Dave Robicheaux novel, is so full of atmosphere and real people that I felt like I was living in New Orleans while reading the book (I wasn't; I live in Northern California). Burke can describe settings like no one else I've read. The bayous are drenched in humidity; thunderstorms come alive and arc through your subconscious; even the cracks in the sidewalk cause you to mentally step over them. And his characters ... Read More |
