In the midst of an apocalyptical nightmare, Robicheaux must find two serial rapists, a morphine-addicted priest, and a vigilante who may be more dangerous than the criminals looting the city. Bodies float in the streets and lie impaled on the branches of flooded trees. Read 918 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. In the waning days of summer, 2005, a storm with greater imp.
There is no law, no order, no sanctuary for the infirm, the helpless, and the innocent. The Tin Roof Blowdown (Dave Robicheaux, 16) by James Lee Burke The Tin Roof Blowdown book. The power grid of the city has been destroyed New Orleans reduced to the level of a medieval society. As The Tin Roof Blowdown begins, Hurricane Katrina has left the commercial district and residential neighborhoods awash with looters and predators of every stripe. This is the gruesome reality Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Detective Dave Robicheaux discovers as he is deployed to New Orleans. In the waning days of summer 2005, a storm with greater impact than the bomb that struck Hiroshima peels the face off southern Louisiana. Winner of the 2008 Audie Award for Mysteryĭave Robicheaux returns in an adventure as timely as real life: the fight against crime, and the fight for life in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. As James Lee Burke's new novel, The Tin Roof Blowdown, begins, Hurricane Katrina has left the commercial district and residential neighborhoods awash with looters and predators of every stripe.
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