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'His most gripping thriller to date.' Mirror Hurricane Katrina has transformed New Orleans into a violent wasteland. Criminals capitalise on the devastation as survivors wait for help that never comes. David Robicheaux - his city in ruins -- is tasked with investigating the murder of a pair of looters: is it a simple case of 'stand-your-ground', or something altogether darker? The dead men's accomplice holds the key but he has disappeared to escape the people hunting him. As Robicheaux uncovers a brutal catalogue of greed, torture and murder, his own family is threatened, and the ravaged city provides the perfect stage for a final confrontation between good and evil. 'A beautifully written howl of rage.' Time Out
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The Tin Roof Blowdown, James Lee Burke
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- Released
- 2022
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- James Lee Burke
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Group
- Released
- 2022
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 464
- ISBN10
- 1409172414
- ISBN13
- 9781409172413
- Series
- Dave Robicheaux
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Mystery Novels, Thriller, Suspense, USA, Murders, Detective Fiction, Detective, Violence, Revenge, Race, Racism, Mafia, Guilt, American South, Brutality, New Orleans, Louisiana, Looting
- Original title
- The tin roof blowdown
- Rating
- 4.2 out of 5
- Description
- 'His most gripping thriller to date.' Mirror Hurricane Katrina has transformed New Orleans into a violent wasteland. Criminals capitalise on the devastation as survivors wait for help that never comes. David Robicheaux - his city in ruins -- is tasked with investigating the murder of a pair of looters: is it a simple case of 'stand-your-ground', or something altogether darker? The dead men's accomplice holds the key but he has disappeared to escape the people hunting him. As Robicheaux uncovers a brutal catalogue of greed, torture and murder, his own family is threatened, and the ravaged city provides the perfect stage for a final confrontation between good and evil. 'A beautifully written howl of rage.' Time Out